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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...

Introduction The book of Zephaniah constitutes a veritable microcosm for the study of the prophetic books. Despite its small size and relative obscurity in relation to better-known books such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, and Amos, it presents a full range of exegetical and hermeneutical issues.1 On the one hand, it is frequently read as an eschatological scenario of judgment and restoration for Israel and the nations of the world on the Day of YHWH. On the other hand, it is also frequently read as
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