Tag: 6th BCE
Jonah: Prophet of Resentment towards God [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: Jonah is another biblical text that is notoriously hard to land on a date. Thankfully, I am not looking for a hard origin point for these texts but the most likely composition era […]
Job: Hating God because of Suffering [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: The book of Job is notoriously hard to date as a piece of literature. It may have some parallels to mythic epics in Babylon, but nothing as close as the Gilgamesh epic to […]
Zechariah: Prophet of Throne & Temple [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: Zechariah the prophet was preaching in Jerusalem at the same time as Haggai. They both were speaking to the Jews who had returned to begin rebuilding the city, the temple, and their people. […]
Ruth: Motherhood Redeeming Suffering [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: There is not too much information in the text of Ruth to determine a time or place where the story of Ruth originated. There are two possible options. The first option is that […]
Hosea: Prophet of Sex & Worship [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: The book of Hosea seems to have developed in a similar style to the Isaiah text. There are parts of Hosea that seem to be very early, reaching back to before the Assyrian […]
Haggai: Prophet of Reassurance [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: Haggai is one of the few texts in the Old Testament that can be dated with a sense of accuracy. The date commonly accepted is around 520 to 515 BCE. Haggai gives specific […]
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