Robert L. Foster

Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah

ISBN: 978-1-108-62661-3
EAN: 9781108626613
Produktnummer: 35945532
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 0 S.
Plattform: EPUB

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Tucked away at the end of the Minor Prophets, the Books of Haggai and Zechariah offer messages of challenge and hope to residents of the small district of Yehud in the Persian Empire in the generations after the return from Babylonian exile. In this volume, Robert Foster focuses on the distinct theological message of each book. The Book of Haggai uses Israel's foundational event - God's salvation of Israel from Egypt - to exhort the people to finish building the Second Temple. The Book of Zechariah argues that the hopes the people had in the prophet Zechariah's days did not come true because the people failed to keep God's long-standing deman… Mehr