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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.

Rabbinische Kommentare, 30). Zechariah too (4:10*) knows all about the depressing assessment of “small beginnings.” Later the building of the walls is subjected to similar mockery: “Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish?” (Neh. 3:34*). Haggai knows the difficulty of every new start. The questions he puts show his sympathy. But he is aware of, and resists, the danger of letting the bleak and disconsolate findings of the elderly undermine the vigor and enthusiasm of the people who
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