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For over one hundred years, the International Critical Commentary series has held a special place among works on the Bible. It has sought to bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis—linguistic and textual no less than archaeological, historical, literary and theological—with a level of comprehension and quality of scholarship unmatched by any other series. No attempt has been made to...

might be properly maintained? Yahweh apparently had no interest in his people or in the vindication of justice and righteousness. Was the service of Yahweh worth while? Did it yield tangible and satisfactory returns to its adherents? In the midst of such conditions and amid such sentiments, the writer of Malachi prepared his apologia in behalf of Yahweh. He must accomplish two things at least, viz. furnish a satisfactory explanation of the delay in the fulfilment of Israel’s expectations and re-establish
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