The identity of "The messenger of the covenant" in Malachi 3:1 - lexical and rhetorical analysis

Many studies of the identity of "the messenger of the covenant" in Mal 3:1 conclude that it is a reference to Yhwh or his covenant angel. This article offers a close reading of this verse with special attention to lexical and rhetorical analyses and concludes that the figure is the same as...

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Main Author: Petterson, Anthony R. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn State University Press [2019]
In: Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 277-293
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HC New Testament
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B Messianism
B Rhetorical criticism
B Elijah the prophet
B John the Baptist
B Irony
B messenger o the covenant
B my messenger
B prophetic disputation
B Angel of the Lord
B Christology
B Bible. Maleachi 3,1
B Rhetoric
B Messiah
B forerunner
B Malachi

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