Twelve Prophets

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ISBN: 9780664218133 | 066421813X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/1985

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This series of commentaries on the Old Testament, to which Professor Craigie's second volume on the Twelve Prophets belongs, has been planned as a companion series to the much-acclaimed New Testament series of the late Professor William Barclay. As with that series, each volume is arranged in successive headed portions suitable for daily study.

Micah
Introduction	p. 1
A Nation in Crisis (1:1)	p. 5
The Sins of Two Cities (1:2-9)	p. 8
A Gazetteer of Judgment (1:10-16)	p. 13
A Word of Woe to the Wicked (2:1-5)	p. 17
On Preaching and Preachers (2:6-13)	p. 20
The Centrality of Justice (3:1-12)	p. 25
Swords into Ploughshares (4:1-5)	p. 30
The Reign of God (4:6-13)	p. 33
"Bethlehem Ephrathah" (5:1-6)	p. 38
Israel's Prospect and Punishment (5:7-15)	p. 41
The Lord's Controversy with Israel (6:1-8)	p. 44
Of Crime and Punishment (6:9-16)	p. 47
A Lament for a Lost Society (7:1-7)	p. 51
A Postscript: the Continuity of Micah's Message (7:8-20)	p. 54
Nahum
Introduction	p. 58
The Judge of Nineveh (1:1-15)	p. 62
The Siege of Nineveh (2:1-13)	p. 67
Nineveh and Thebes (3:1-19)	p. 71
Habakkuk
Introduction	p. 77
The Prayer of Habakkuk (1:1-4)	p. 81
God's First Response (1:5-11)	p. 84
Habakkuk's Argument (1:12-2:1)	p. 88
God's Response: the Vision (2:2-4)	p. 91
Five Woes to the Wicked (2:5-20)	p. 94
Habakkuk's Psalm (3:1-19)	p. 100
Zephaniah
Introduction	p. 105
The Judgment of Judah (1:1-13)	p. 110
The Day of Wrath (1:14-2:3)	p. 114
The Desolation of Foreign Nations (2:4-15)	p. 118
The Corruption of Jerusalem (3:1-7)	p. 122
Judgment and Survival (3:8-13)	p. 126
A Postscript of Joy (3:14-20)	p. 130
Haggai
Introduction	p. 133
August 29, 520 B.C. (1:1-11)	p. 137
September 21, 520 B.C. (1:12-15)	p. 141
October 17, 520 B.C. (2:1-9)	p. 144
December 18, 520 B.C. (2:10-19)	p. 147
The Message to Zerubbabel (2:20-23)	p. 151
Zechariah
Introduction	p. 154
Chapters 1-8
An Old Message for a New Age (1:1-6)	p. 159
Vision in the Night (1:7-17)	p. 162
The Second Vision: Four Horns (1:18-21)	p. 167
The Third Vision: A City without Walls (2:1-13)	p. 168
The Fourth Vision: Joshua and the Satan (3:1-10)	p. 172
The Fifth Vision: the Lampstand (4:1-14)	p. 176
The Sixth and Seventh Visions (5:1-11)	p. 180
The Final Vision: Four Chariots (6:1-15)	p. 184
The Sermons of Zechariah--I (7:1-14)	p. 188
The Sermons of Zechariah--II (8:1-23)	p. 192
Chapters 9-14
The Coming King (9:1-17)	p. 197
The Coming of Redemption (10:1-12)	p. 202
Further Reflections on the Shepherd Theme (11:1-17)	p. 206
The Coming Day of God (12:1-14)	p. 211
The Coming of Hope (13:1-9)	p. 215
The Apogee of Apocalypse (14:1-21)	p. 218
Malachi
Introduction	p. 224
The Love of God (1:1-5)	p. 226
A Critique of the Priesthood (1:6-2:9)	p. 230
Marriage and Divorce (2:10-16)	p. 235
Justice and Judgment (2:17-3:5)	p. 238
The Robbing of God (3:6-12)	p. 241
Good and Evil (3:13-4:3)	p. 244
Postscript: the Coming of Elijah (4:4-6)	p. 247
Further Reading	p. 249
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