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Writing in a conversational rather than a scholarly tone, Paul Redditt assumes little or no prior knowledge of the Old Testament as he presents and introduces the Major and Minor Prophets in the canonical order of the English Bible. The chapters of Redditt’s Introduction to the Prophets discuss the place of each book in the canon; the literary setting of each book; their structure, integrity,...

downward note, with conflicts resolved unsuccessfully, perhaps even with the death of a hero or heroine. A comedy, by contrast, ends on an upward note, with the success of the hero/heroine. Difficulties are overcome; conflicts are resolved; things turn out well.17 One need think only of the plots of Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella to see the difference. So what is the plot of the Book of the Twelve? Paul R. House argues that the Twelve is shaped around a sequence of events seen as significant to
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