Marvin A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195133240
- eISBN:
- 9780199834693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195133242.003.0020
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
This chapter summarizes the conclusions to Part II of the study. The books of Zephaniah and Nahum were written to support Josiah's program of religious reform and national restoration. Isaiah, Hosea, ...
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This chapter summarizes the conclusions to Part II of the study. The books of Zephaniah and Nahum were written to support Josiah's program of religious reform and national restoration. Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah were redacted to support Josiah's program, and Jeremiah reformulated original Josian oracles to account for the later Babylonian exile. Habakkuk was written to address the problem of theodicy in the aftermath of Josiah's death.Less
This chapter summarizes the conclusions to Part II of the study. The books of Zephaniah and Nahum were written to support Josiah's program of religious reform and national restoration. Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah were redacted to support Josiah's program, and Jeremiah reformulated original Josian oracles to account for the later Babylonian exile. Habakkuk was written to address the problem of theodicy in the aftermath of Josiah's death.
Marvin A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195133240
- eISBN:
- 9780199834693
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195133242.003.0019
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Study of the book of Habakkuk has tended to emphasize its condemnation of Judeans and its postexilic setting. A literary analysis of the structure of the book and its contents, however, indicates ...
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Study of the book of Habakkuk has tended to emphasize its condemnation of Judeans and its postexilic setting. A literary analysis of the structure of the book and its contents, however, indicates that it addresses the problem of theodicy in the aftermath of Josiah's death, insofar as it identifies the wicked as the Babylonians. Habakkuk's dialog with YHWH is designed to demonstrate that YHWH brought the Babylonians to subjugate Judah and that YHWH would ultimately overthrow the Babylonian oppressors.Less
Study of the book of Habakkuk has tended to emphasize its condemnation of Judeans and its postexilic setting. A literary analysis of the structure of the book and its contents, however, indicates that it addresses the problem of theodicy in the aftermath of Josiah's death, insofar as it identifies the wicked as the Babylonians. Habakkuk's dialog with YHWH is designed to demonstrate that YHWH brought the Babylonians to subjugate Judah and that YHWH would ultimately overthrow the Babylonian oppressors.
David L. Bartlett
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300100815
- eISBN:
- 9780300128178
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300100815.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter begins with the prophet Habakkuk's cries of anguish twenty-seven hundred years ago. Centuries later, Jesus's disciples, trying hard to live right themselves, have gotten the message—the ...
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This chapter begins with the prophet Habakkuk's cries of anguish twenty-seven hundred years ago. Centuries later, Jesus's disciples, trying hard to live right themselves, have gotten the message—the righteous ones will live by faith—but do they have the faith? “The apostles said to Jesus, ‘Increase our faith!’ The Lord replied ‘If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.’” The grammar is a little complicated, but what Jesus is saying is not, “If only you had faith the size of a little seed, you could move a big tree”; rather, he is saying, “Since you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move a big tree.”Less
This chapter begins with the prophet Habakkuk's cries of anguish twenty-seven hundred years ago. Centuries later, Jesus's disciples, trying hard to live right themselves, have gotten the message—the righteous ones will live by faith—but do they have the faith? “The apostles said to Jesus, ‘Increase our faith!’ The Lord replied ‘If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.’” The grammar is a little complicated, but what Jesus is saying is not, “If only you had faith the size of a little seed, you could move a big tree”; rather, he is saying, “Since you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move a big tree.”
