Description: Over the last thirty years, scholars have begun to
explore the implications of an ancient Jewish and Christian
tradition that referred to the “Minor Prophets” as “the Twelve,”
“the Twelve Prophets,” or the “Book of the Twelve.” Scholarly
work on the Book of the Twelve in the last quarter century has
focused on two issues in particular: 1) Developing models
regarding how the Book of the Twelve came to be recorded on a
single scroll, and 2) Isolating unifying elements that transcend
the individual writings and take on new significance when the
Book of the Twelve becomes a single collection rather than
twelve distinct writings. Dr. Nogalski’s comprehensive and
accessible commentary offers an overview of the ancient
traditions concerning the Book of the Twelve that lay the
foundation for understanding these recent developments.
Subjects: Bible, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Prophetic
Literature, Book of the Twelve, Literature, Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi Review by Le