Prophecy and Teaching. Prophetic Authority, Form Problems, and the Use of Traditions in the Book of Malachi

Application and re-Interpretation of biblical traditions in the Book of Malachi.
A traditio-historical study.
Six passages in Malachi, together with the superscription (Mal 1:1) and the additions (Mal 3:22-24), are analyzed. The creative use of the traditions is demonstrated, including the prophet's exegetical techniques. Lines of connections are detected between Malachi and legal texts (Leviticus and Deuteronomy), earlier prophetic words, Chronicles, and Wisdom literature.
The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.
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