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Chapter 1 - Prophets to a Remnant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2020

Robert L. Foster
Robert L. Foster
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University of Georgia
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Tucked in at the very end of the prophetic books, at the very end of the Christian Old Testament, the Books of Haggai and Zechariah are two of the more neglected texts of the Old Testament. The relative obscurity of their message to most readers of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) parallels the relative obscurity of the original audience of these two books to their Persian overlords, the people residing in the small district of Yehud, a small portion of the previously larger state of Judah, at the southernmost reach of the empire. Yet, these two books are at great pains to convince their audiences that these people, their capital city Jerusalem, their Temple, and their god, YHWH, have a significance on the world stage all out of proportion to their role within the empire.1

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The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah , pp. 1 - 18
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Prophets to a Remnant
  • Robert L. Foster, University of Georgia
  • Book: The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah
  • Online publication: 19 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688321.003
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  • Robert L. Foster, University of Georgia
  • Book: The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah
  • Online publication: 19 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688321.003
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  • Prophets to a Remnant
  • Robert L. Foster, University of Georgia
  • Book: The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah
  • Online publication: 19 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688321.003
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