Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve : The Significance of the Motifs of the Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany for Shaping the Book of the Twelve
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Kipp Swinney
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe
ISBN-10
3161634004
ISBN-13
9783161634000
Publisher
Mohr Siebeck
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Mohr Siebeck
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 2025
Print length
217 Pages
Weight
341 grams
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Old TestamentsChristian theology
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Editors embedded a historiography of the events surrounding Judah''s downfall into the Book of the Twelve in the Persian Era. Kipp Swinney argues that editors of the Twelve used the motifs of the divine warrior, Chaoskampf , and theophany in the Persian era to recast history with Yahweh at the center.
In the Persian era, Judean editors of the Book of the Twelve incorporated new material and revised existing content in ways that reflected on the history from Assyria''s fall to Persia''s rise. Kipp Swinney argues that the Persian era editors of the Twelve embed a historiography that centralizes Yahweh''s role in Judah''s history by using the motifs of the divine warrior, Chaoskampf , and theophany. These motifs depict Yahweh''s acting in history without human assistance, which enhanced Yahweh''s legitimacy as king despite Babylon''s destruction of Judah and Persia''s ascendancy. Amos, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah contain this embedded historiography and legitimizing agenda. Synthesizing developmental models of the Twelve with the tradition history of the motifs used, Swinney illuminates the Persian era shaping of the Book of the Twelve.
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