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The eloquent and uncompromising calls for social righteousness by some of the Minor Prophets are familiar to many, yet the writings themselves are probably the least studied and least known texts of the Old Testament. Those who are familiar with these books are also aware of the historical and literary problems that plague their study. Drawing on insights from various perspectives—theological,...

in The Targums. In Hebrew it occurs significantly in Job 7:3; Dan. 1:5, 10, 11; and in the passive at 1 Chr. 9:29. Its presence in Ps. 61:7(8) is disputed.66 Hebrew taʾam usually means “taste, discretion.” The meaning “decree” accords with the usage of the Aramaic counterpart, ṭe‘ēm, ṭa‘mâ in the postexilic Ezra 6:14; 7:23; Dan. 3:10, etc. It should be noted that Pusey, Keil, von Orelli, Wilson,67 and Aalders68 refer to the Akkadian têmu, “command,” and imply that this is an echo of Assyrian
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