Woe-Speeches within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry, 9780567717016
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Prophetic woes expose idolatry and offer hope under imperial rule.

Woe-Speeches within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry

chapter 2 of habakkuk

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    160 pages

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    9 January 2025

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Summary

Habakkuk’s Woes: Oracular Inquiry and Imperial Critique

Michael H. Floyd explores how the woe-speeches in Habakkuk 2:6-20 are related in form and content to the message revealed to the prophet in Hab 2:1-5, defending his reading through spirited debate with other scholars who have similarly proposed a fresh take on various exegetical puzzles of Chapter 2.

After assessing the preceding material in Habakkuk 2 as the necessary prelude to analyzing the woe-speec…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780567717016
ISBN-10:0567717011
Series:The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Author:Professor Michael Floyd, Michael Floyd
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:T.& T.Clark Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:9 January 2025
Weight:400g
Dimensions:236mm x 162mm x 14mm
About The Author

Professor Michael Floyd

Michael H. Floyd taught Old Testament at the Seminary of the Southwest, USA, for twenty-five years, and then taught for three years at the Centro de Estudios Teológicos in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Before retiring back to the United States he did a three-year stint as pastor of Advent-St. Nicholas Church in Quito, Ecuador.

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