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In this distinguished commentary, Wolff’s task is to defend Haggai as much more than a minor prophet. He was a man whose feet were placed firmly on the ground, one of the dominating figures of the postexilic community, the main instigator of the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple, and so responsible for inaugurating a new era in Jewish history.

as “cultic prophet,” even though his zeal for the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple has led to his being viewed in that light. But what speaks against this conclusion is not only his frequent use of the classic messenger-speech formula (1:2*, 5*, 7*, 8*; 2:6*, 7*, 9a*, 11*) and the divine-oracle formula (“saying of Yahweh,” 1:9*, 13*; 2:8*, 9*, 14*, 17* and three times in 2:4* and 2:23* respectively; see excursus on p. 100 below); he also confronts priestly questions almost as if they are something
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