sketch of the options to illustrate the range of the perspectives.4 Commentators’ views on the date of the Malachi prophecies are, from the most ancient to the most recent (605–333 BCE): (1) before or during the time of Haggai and Zechariah;5 (2) before either Ezra or Nehemiah;6 (3) after Ezra but before Nehemiah;7 (4) contemporary with Ezra and Nehemiah;8 (5) during Nehemiah’s first governorship;9 (6) between Nehemiah’s first and second governorship;10 (7) during Nehemiah’s second governorship;12
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