Zephaniah : an Earth Bible Commentary / Nicholas R. Werse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werse, Nicholas R., author.

Series:

Earth Bible Commentary.

Earth Bible Commentary

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Zephaniah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

With astute attention to Zephaniah's intertextual relationships with other biblical texts, Nicholas R. Werse explores the implications of Zephaniah as a book in perpetual conversation with other biblical cosmologies and conceptions of the human place in relationship with creation. Werse guides readers to critically examine Zephaniah's ancient worldview and subsequent legacy in dialog with the world's modern ecological crises. Werse argues that Zephaniah begins and ends with the land. It begins with the removal of all life from the land and ends with a proclamation returning the exiles to their ancestral home. Along this journey, all three chapters of Zephaniah systematically reverse language and imagery from Gen 1-11 and draw deeply from the language of earlier prophets to depict the 6th century BCE destruction of Jerusalem as nothing short of the unravelling of creation. While remaining suspicious of Zephaniah's distinctively androcentric worldview, Werse traces Zephaniah's rhetorical journey from the deconstruction of creation and the nations, to its proclamations of hope for the future.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

Entering the Conversation

Zephaniah in Historical Context

Violence against the Land and Zephaniah's Literary Structure

Zephaniah in Dialogue: Explorations of Intertextuality

Zephaniah and Genesis

Zephaniah and Isaiah

Zephaniah and Deuteronomy

Zephaniah and Jeremiah

Zephaniah and Ezekiel

Zephaniah and the Book of the Twelve

Conclusion: Zephaniah in Dialogue

The Approach of This Volume: Synchrony, History, Intertextuality, and Ecocriticism

Chapter 2 ZEPHANIAH 1:1-18: DECONSTRUCTING JUDAH AND ALL OF CREATION

Zephaniah 1:1: Introducing Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:2-3: Reversing Creation

Zephaniah 1:4-6: Accusations of Faithlessness

Zephaniah 1:7-9: The Lord's Sacrifice

Zephaniah 1:10-11: Sounds of Disaster

Zephaniah 1:12-13: Divine Visitation

Zephaniah 1:14-17: Day of the Lord

Zephaniah 1:18: Consuming the Land

Conclusion: Interpreting Crisis

Chapter 3 ZEPHANIAH 2:1-15: DECONSTRUCTING THE NATIONS

The Oracles against the Nations

Zephaniah 2:1-3: Surviving Creation's Undoing

Zephaniah 2:4-7: Judgment on the West

Zephaniah 2:8-11: Judgment on the East

Zephaniah 2:12: Judgment on the South

Zephaniah 2:13-15: Judgment on the North

Conclusion: Disconnection and Displacement

Chapter 4 ZEPHANIAH 3:1-8: DECONSTRUCTING JUDAH AMONG THE NATIONS

Refocusing on Jerusalem in the Oracles against the Nations

Zephaniah 3:1-2: Woe against the City

Zephaniah 3:3-4: Lions, Wolves, and Problematic Leaders

Zephaniah 3:5: The Lord's Presence in Jerusalem

Zephaniah 3:6-7: They Should Have Known

Zephaniah 3:8: Transition by Way of the Land

Conclusion

Chapter 5 ZEPHANIAH 3:9-20: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF CREATION.

Recreation and Restoration in Zephaniah and the Prophets

Zephaniah 3:9-10: Purified Speech

Zephaniah 3:11-13: The Hope for a Remnant

Zephaniah 3:14-17: Rejoice and Fear Not

Zephaniah 3:18-20: Bringing the Scattered Home

Conclusion: Claiming Hope in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Chapter 6 CONCLUSION: ZEPHANIAH IN DIALOGUE

Transgenerational Wisdom: Reading Zephaniah in Dialogue

Hearing the Voice of the Earth Community from within the Dialog

God, Land, and People: Finding the Cosmic Dialogue in Zephaniah

Hearing beyond the Text: Reading Zephaniah in Dialogue with the Anthropocene

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF BIBLICAL AND ANCIENT SOURCES

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567705556

0567705552

9780567705549

0567705544

9780567705563

0567705560

OCLC:

1455110863