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Intertextuality Of Zechariah 1-8

by Australia) Reverend Doctor Michael R. Stead (moore Theological College

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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Zechariah 1-8 is a deeply intertextual work which takes up formerly disparate streams of tradition - especially various elements of what it calls 'the former prophets' - and creatively combines these traditions, in applying them to a post-exilic context. This fact means that Zechariah 1-8 is situated in a dual context - the literary context of 'the former prophets', and the historical context of the early post-exilic period. This work seeks to understand Zechariah 1-8 in the light of its dual context. When Zechariah 1-8 is read in this way, a number of otherwise perplexing passages are made clearer, and the message of the work as a whole is better understood.

This book offers a critique of and refinement to the approaches of intertextuality/inner-biblical allusion/tradition
history in understanding the effect of 'texts re-using texts'. Against a recent trend which seeks to limit this phenomenon to 'verbal repetition', it demonstrates that Zechariah 1-8 involves the use of a wide variety of literary devices (including thematic allusions, 'ungramaticalities', and sustained allusions)to make connections with other texts. The kind of 'intertextual' approach followed in this study demonstrates that intertextuality does not necessarily lead to radical indeterminacy (as claimed by some), and instead actually aids in the limiting the possible ranges of meaning. The manner in which Zechariah 1-8 invokes/re-activates/ re-applies the words of the 'former prophets' raises important issues related to prophecy and fulfilment, history and eschatology, and the development of 'apocalyptic', which are addressed in the course of this enquiry.

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  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

  • Published

    August 2019

  • Weight

    459g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567690081

  • ISBN-10

    0567690083

  • Eden Code

    4962355

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