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The Book of Zephaniah poses a full range of interpretive and hermenutical issues for the modern reader. Sweeney’s keen reading of this small, prophetic book opens new doors for Hebrew Bible research. The author’s interpretation pays close attention to the often subtle differences between the Masoretic Text, Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls, Peshitta, and targums. His methodology includes form...

YHWH and thereby to avoid the punishment to be realized on the Day of YHWH when the nation will be purged of those who are considered to be apostate.9 Nevertheless, the chronological displacement of the book of Zephaniah within the sequence of the book of the Twelve Prophets continues to play a role in influencing its interpretation, especially since such displacement provides some justification for reading the book in relation to sets of concerns that it was not written to address. The issue is
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