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There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney’s commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bible. The Book of the Twelve Prophets is a multifaceted literary composition that functions simultaneously in all Jewish and Christian versions of the...

with the first angel who has served as guide for Zechariah throughout the vision sequence, and who was instructed by the second angel in Zech 2:7–17 [NRSV: 2:3–13] to speak to “that young man” (Zech 2:8 [NRSV: 2:4]), i.e., to Zechariah. The prophet sees Joshua, who is described as “the high priest” (hakkōhēn haggādôl). The title “high priest” is elsewhere applied to Joshua in Hag 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4; Zech 3:8; 6:11. The term is also applied to Jehoiada (2 Kgs 12:11 [NRSV: 12:10]); Hilkiah (2
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