Literary Precursors to the Book of the Twelve

In thse interdependent volumes, James Nogalski proposes a monumental and complex program for studying the book of the Twelve. In the process, this revision of his 1991 Th.D. dissertation at the University of Zurich (directed by Odd Hannes Steck) points in stimulating directions for investigating the growth of the prophetic canon and inner-biblical exegesis, intertextuality, or Schriftprophetie. In effect, Nogalski is attempting to put the study of the Twelve on the same methodological plane as the study of any other prophetic "scroll." Rather than assuming that this collection arose as a result of later writings being “tacked on” to earlier ones, Nogalski asks essentially the same questions of the book of the Twelve that have been raised recently about the book of Isaiah: what is the nature, origin, and purpose of “the unity” of this “book”? As the title to the second volume indicates, Nogalski's focus is on uncovering the process of redactional activity by which the Twelve became one. After introducing the problem, previous discussions, and methodological considerations, Literary Precursors lays out the key to Nogalski’s project: the "catchword phenomenon,” in which the end of each writing in the collection shares significant words with the beginning of the next. Preface 5 Introduction 11 1. Ancient Evidence for the Unity of the Book of the Twelve 12 2. Explanations of the Unity of the Book of the Twelve 13 3. Methodological Considerations 22 The Catchword Phenomenon 30 1. Hos 14:5-10 and Joel 1:1-12 31 2. Joel 4:1-21 and Amos 1:1-2:16 34 3. Amos 9:1-15 and Obad 1-10 37 4. Obad 15-21 and Mic 1:1-7 41 5. Obad 11-14,15b and Jonah 1:1-8 43 6. Jonah 2:2-10 and Mic 1:1-7 45 7. Mic 7:8-20 and Nah 1:1-8 47 8. Nah 3:1-19 and Hab 1:1-17 50 9. Hab 3:1-19 and Zeph 1:1-18 55 10. Zeph 3:18-20 and Hag 1:1-4 59 11. Hag 2:20-23 and Zech 1:1-11 61 12. Zech 8:9-23 and Mai 1:1-14 63 13. General Summation 66 Hos 14:2-10 68 1. The Macrostructure of Hosea and the Role of 14:2-10 68 2. Literary Analysis of Hos 14:2-9 and 14:10 75 3. The Literary Horizon of Hos 14:2-9,10 79 3.1 Backward in Hosea 80 3.2. Forward to Joel 82 Amos 84 1. The Macrostructure of Amos 84 2. The Literary Units in Amos 1:1-2:16 92 3. The Structure of Amos 9:1-15 107 4. The Function of the Units in Amos 9:7-15 109 4.1. The Function of 9:7-10: Interpretation of Final Vision 109 4.2. The Function of 9:11-15: Restoration, Domination, and Abundance 114 4.3. The Growth of Amos 9:11-15 120 Micah 133 1. The Macrostructure of Micah and Its Implications for Dating 133 2. The Literary Units in Mic 1:1-9 136 2.1. Mic 1:1 137 2.2. Mic 1:2-9 139 3. Mic 1:1-9: Redactional Introduction Within a Larger Corpus 147 4. The Extent of the Deuteronomistic Micah Corpus 151 5. Determination of the Units in Mic 7:8-20 154 6. The Unity of Mic 7:14-20 164 7. Tradition-Historical Observations Effecting Mic 7 165 7.1. Allusions to Isa 9-12 and the Hezekiah Tradition 165 7.2. The Role of Bashan and Gilead 168 7.3. The Use of lmrk as “Thicket” within Anti-Assyrian Polemic 169 7.4. The “Rod” of YHWH 174 8. The Relationship of Mic 7:11,12,13 176 9. The Unity of 7:8-10,11-13,14-20 178 Zephaniah 181 1. The Macrostructure of Zephaniah 181 2. The Date of Zephaniah 188 3. The Units in Zeph 1:1-2:3 191 3.1. Zeph 1:1 191 3.2. Zeph 1:2-3 197 3.3. Zeph 1:4-13 199 3.4. Zeph 1:14-18 201 3.5. Zeph 2:1-3 202 4. Two Judgments in Zephaniah 1:2-2:3 203 5. The Function of the Habakkuk - Zephaniah Connection 208 6. The Literary Units and Context of Zeph 3:18-20 211 7. The Literary Horizon of Zeph 3:18-20 214 7.1. Identity of the Groups 214 7.2. Backward to Micah 219 7.3. Forward to Haggai 222 Haggai 226 1. The Macrostructure of Hag 1:1-11 226 2. The Literary Units in Hag 1:1-11 227 3. The Literary Horizon of Hag 1:1-11 229 4. The Literary Units in Hag 2:10-23 231 5. Literary Additions in Hag 2:15-19,20-23 236 6. The Character of Redactional Work on Hag 2:15-19,20-23 244 Zechariah 1-8 248 1. The Macrostructure of Zech 1-8 248 2. Literary Observations on Zech 1:1-6 250 3. Zech 1:7-17: The First Vision 258 4. Zech 1 and the Book of the Twelve 265 5. Zech 8:9-23 in Its Context 267 6. Literary Observations on Zech 8:9-23 272 Summary and Reflections 286 1. Editorial Expansion for the Book of the Twelve 286 2. Pre-existing Multi-volume Corpora 288 3. Concluding Remarks 291 Works Cited 293 Alphabetical Index of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Citations 302 Appendix of Allusions and Citations 311 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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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.