Habakkuk 1 - a dialogue? Ancient unit delimiters in dialogue with modern critical interpretation
Modern critical sholarship tends to classify Habakkuk 1 as a dialogue between the prophet and Yahweh. Apart from the superscipt (1:1), 1:2-4 is regarded as a lament by the prophet, 1:5-11 as an oracle by Yahweh, and 1:12-17 as a renewed lament by the prophet. However, Habakkuk 1 has been understood...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2004
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2004, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 621-645 |
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| Summary: | Modern critical sholarship tends to classify Habakkuk 1 as a dialogue between the prophet and Yahweh. Apart from the superscipt (1:1), 1:2-4 is regarded as a lament by the prophet, 1:5-11 as an oracle by Yahweh, and 1:12-17 as a renewed lament by the prophet. However, Habakkuk 1 has been understood quite differently in ancient Hebrew manuscripts. These manuscripts are uninamous in interpreting Habakkuk 1 as a single pericope, with the first major break occurring only after 1:17. This study applies the principles of unit delimitation to Habakkuk 1 and concludes that Habakkuk 1 should be read as a single pericope with only one speaker. It can therefore not be classified as a dialogue. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85649 |
