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| Genre/Form: | Commentaries |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Snyman, S. D., Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2020. (DLC) 2020030783 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Fanie Snyman; David G Firth; Tremper Longman, III |
| ISBN: | 9780830842759 0830842756 9781783599745 178359974X |
| OCLC Number: | 1175679518 |
| Notes: | "The decision to completely revise the Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries is an indication of the important role that the series has played since its opening volumes were released in the mid-1960s"--General Preface, p.[vii]. |
| Description: | xxii, 139 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Intro -- GENERAL PREFACE -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- NAHUM -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Dating the book -- 2. Literary issues -- a. Literary genres used -- b. Textual issues -- 3. An outline of the theological message of Nahum -- ANALYSIS -- COMMENTARY -- A. The superscription to the book (1:1) -- B. A semi-acrostic poem-cum-psalm (1:2-8) -- C. God is both judge and Saviour (1:9 -- 2:2) -- D. Nineveh's demise (2:3-13) -- E. Prophecies announcing doom upon the Assyrian Empire, the city of Nineveh and the king of Assyria (3:1-19) -- HABAKKUK INTRODUCTION -- 1. The prophet Habakkuk -- 2. Dating the book -- 3. Literary issues -- a. The literary unity of the book -- b. Literary genres used -- c. Textual issues -- 4. An outline of the theological message of Habakkuk -- ANALYSIS -- COMMENTARY -- A. The superscription to the book (1:1) -- B. Two complaints by the prophet Habakkuk and two responses from yhwh (1:2 -- 2:20) -- i. The first complaint of Habakkuk (1:2-4) -- ii. yhwh's response (1:5-11) -- iii. The second complaint of Habakkuk (1:12 -- 2:1) -- iv. yhwh's second response (2:2-20) C. The prayer-cum-psalm of the prophet Habakkuk (3:1-19) -- i. Superscription (3:1) -- ii. The prophet calls upon yhwh (3:2) -- iii. The coming of yhwh (3:3-7) -- iv. God is a warrior (3:8-15) -- v. The prophet reacts (3:16) -- vi. The prophet's confession of faith (3:17-19a) -- vii. A musical direction (3:19b) -- ZEPHANIAH -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Dating the book -- 2. Literary issues -- a. Literary genres used -- b. Textual issues -- 3. An outline of the theological message of Zephaniah -- a. yhwh the God of creation -- b. yhwh the God of judgment -- c. yhwh the God of salvation -- ANALYSIS COMMENTARY -- A. Superscription (1:1) -- B. Universal judgment and (maybe) salvation (1:2 -- 2:3) -- i. Universal judgment is announced (1:2-3) -- ii. Judgment upon Judah and Jerusalem (1:4-6) -- iii. Judgment because of the sins committed by the covenant people (1:7-13) -- iv. Judgment on the Day of yhwh and (perhaps) salvation (1:14 -- 2:3) -- C. Judgment upon the other nations as well (2:4-15) -- D. Universal judgment and salvation (3:1-20) -- i. Judgment announced upon Jerusalem (3:1-8) -- ii. Salvation announced to the nations (3:9-13) |
| Series Title: | Tyndale Old Testament commentaries, 27. |
| Responsibility: | S. D. Snyman. |
Abstract:
New commentary on three Old Testament prophetic books.
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