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Obadiah analyzes and interprets the Hebrew text of Obadiah—allowing pastors to quickly grasp the big ideas of each passage and how they fit in Obadiah and the Old Testament’s greater context. Daniel I. Block demonstrates the many linguistic connections between words and expressions in the book of Obadiah itself, as well as within many other passages in both the Old and New Testaments.

true prophets as those who stand in his council (sôd). Such was this “servant of YHWH.”30 Even so it is preferable to interpret Obadiah as a personal name of an individual prophet. In the first instance, this name was common in ancient Israel, being ascribed to thirteen individuals in the OT31 and attested frequently in Hebrew seals and inscriptions.32 Second, this form of name involving the root “servant” (ʿbd) plus a divine name was common throughout the ANE.33 Third, unlike the headings to most
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