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Interactivity as Demand
Authors: Bowman Nicholas David 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
The interactive nature of video games has perpetually drawn the focus of game developers and game scholars alike—the former eager to create immersive and involving digital worlds to shock and awe players, and the latter eager to understand the potential for powerful effects stemming from this immersion and involvement. Yet as video games evolve in terms of their technology and their content, the relationship between the player and the system becomes increasingly complex. This dialogue demands near-constant attention from the players, and these demands exist on at least four dimensions: cognitive, emotional, physical, and social. In the present chapter, these four demands are explicated, theoretically and empirically positioned as entertaining in their own right, and discussed as important mediators of media entertainment experiences.
Entertainment Theories and Media Addiction
Authors: Reer Felix , Janzik Robin , Wehden Lars-Ole , Quandt Thorsten 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
Discussions about unhealthy, addictive forms of media entertainment use have a long-lasting tradition. While early debates focused on traditional media, namely, excessive television viewing or book reading, current discourses primarily concern the disordered use of digital media, such as computer games or social networking sites. From a theoretical perspective, existing research on media addictions is rather underdeveloped and falls short in explaining underlying mechanisms. The current chapter aims at filling this gap by referring to established entertainment theories. Classical hedonic and new two-factorial approaches are considered to deepen the understanding of how joyful, recreational media use may shift to pathological, discorded usage patterns. Finally, an integrative framework of media entertainment overuse (the “pentagon model”) is suggested that may serve as a basis for future theoretical considerations and empirical studies.
A Systematic Gender Perspective on Entertainment Theory
Authors: Reich Sabine 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
The chapter provides a systematic overview of the role gender plays in entertainment research. Starting with a theoretical primer on the gender concept, the chapter continues by summarizing empirical findings on gender differences in the selection of, exposure to, and responses to entertainment, using the examples of violent, dramatic, and sexually explicit entertainment media. In the second part, the chapter systematically reviews theoretical arguments that have been made to explain these gender differences. The media user’s personality, gender identity, gender-role expectation, and social identity are discussed as individual level factors. The representation of gender in entertainment media is introduced as a second potential source for gender differences. Starting with the numeric underrepresentation of women, the chapter goes on to review misrepresentations of gender and gender roles as cause for gender differences. A critical reflection of the theoretical and methodological integration of the gender concept in entertainment theory closes the chapter.
How Universal Is Media Entertainment, Really? On the Enriching Potential of Cross-Cultural Approaches for Existing Entertainment Scholarship
Authors: Odağ Özen 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
The current chapter focuses on the (cross-)cultural appeal of existing entertainment theories, showcasing the meager evidence that exists with respect to their universality. The central argument throughout the chapter is that most entertainment theories have originated in the Western world and little has so far been done to apply them to the much larger rest of the world. The rest of the world has shown to be profoundly different, however, with respect to various dimensions of human behavior and cognition, including self-concepts, emotion appraisal and display, valued affect, thinking styles, values, and well-being maxims. The chapter scrutinizes five pertinent entertainment theories for their ability to explain this cultural variation. It suggests the inclusion of fruitful macro- and micro-level concepts from cross-cultural psychology and intercultural communication to increase their global explanatory power. The main aim of the current chapter is to spark an overdue (cross-)cultural evolution of media entertainment scholarship.
Entertainment and Resonance
Authors: Vorderer Peter 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This chapter aims to differentiate between two kinds of media use experiences that in the past twenty some years have uniformly been labeled entertainment experiences. In the background of four identified fundamental assumptions in entertainment theory (entertainment as reception phenomenon, disparity between what media users want and what they should want, entertainment between approaching and avoiding affective states, entertainment as self-transcendence) media experiences are dichotomized between those that serve users’ hedonic motivations, needs, and interests and others, more fundamental experiences of resonance (which in the recent past have often been labeled eudaimonic) that connect users to the content of a media narrative and ultimately changes them. The argument is made here for communication scholars and media psychologists to refer to entertainment experiences only in the first case in order to be less vague and ambiguous in explicating entertainment theory.
Race and Intersectionality in Study of the Minor Prophets
Authors: Davis Stacy 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
Because race is a modern and problematic category, this essay focuses on ethnicity, as interpreted through the lense of intersectionalilty. Key texts in the Minor Prophets, particularly the oracles against the nations, reveal the connections among religion, politics, and skin color. Other nations must be destroyed or assimilated, but they cannot be allowed to exist independently. Differences in color, religious practices, and/or political ideology indicate the inferior nature of non-Israelites. After paying particular attention to the pre-exilic books of Amos, Hosea, Nahum, and Zephaniah and the postexilic books of Zechariah and Joel, the essay concludes that more analysis of prophetic ethnocentrism is needed.
Metaphor in the Minor Prophets
Authors: Dempsey Carol J. 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay explores metaphor in the Minor Prophets, one of many figures of speech in the Minor Prophets. This figure of speech has the power to capture and affect the human imagination. Many of the metaphors found in the Minor Prophets depict human–divine relationships, human–human relationships, and in rare instances, human–nonhuman relationships. Bible scholars typically study metaphor theory and the different kinds of metaphors found in the Minor Prophets. Only a few Bible scholars venture into the realm of cognitive linguistic and conceptual metaphor theory. After commenting on the development of metaphor and metaphor theory, the essay highlights work done in this area by Bible scholars. Central to the discussion is the metaphorical language for the Divine. The essay concludes with a clarion call to study the Minor Prophets in the context of the present-day, globalized, twenty-first-century world that offers readers new metaphors, especially as they pertain to the Divine.
Textual History of the Minor Prophets
Authors: Glenny W. Edward 
Published: February 2021

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This essay discusses the textual history of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew manuscripts and the Versions, excluding Qumran. The most important textual tradition for the Minor Prophets is the Hebrew Masoretic Text tradition from the medieval period (MT), which continues the earlier proto-masoretic textual tradition that is represented in the Qumran scrolls and is the basis of the translations of the Targums and Peshitta. The Septuagint (LXX) is the most important ancient Version of the Hebrew Bible, because it was the first complete translation and because its Hebrew source differed considerably from the other textual witnesses. Other important Versions of the Hebrew Bible are the Targums, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Latin Vulgate.
The Relation of the Minor Prophets to the Wisdom Tradition(s)
Authors: McLaughlin John L. 
Published: February 2021

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This essay analyzes the commonalities between the Minor Prophets and biblical Wisdom Tradition(s). After briefly addressing whether Proverbs, Job, and Qoheleth constitute a unified “Wisdom Literature” whose writers are distinct from the authors of other bodies of First Testament literature, this essay outlines three methodological criteria for identifying influence from one corpus to the other. Rather than examine every (often isolated) point of contact between the two groups of books, the essay discusses clusters of wisdom elements in Hosea, Jonah, and Habakkuk that point to wisdom influence in each, as well as some prophetic elements in Proverbs and Job. Each book has adapted material from the other body of literature to its own purposes.
The Minor Prophets in Early Christianity
Authors: Shepherd Michael B. 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay seeks to examine the evidence from early Christianity (the New Testament and the church fathers) not only for the transmission of the Twelve (the Minor Prophets) as a single work but also for the reading of the Twelve as a unified composition. It identifies several examples of exegesis shaped by the reading of the Twelve as a single composition, showing that early Christian writers were aware of the larger context of the Book of the Twelve from which citations are made. Discussion focuses on three areas: citation formulae, text and canon (including manuscripts and canonical lists, and the early history of interpretation.
The Problem of “Justice” as Social Criticism in the Twelve Prophets
Authors: Smith-Christopher Daniel L. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThis essay considers the theme of justice in the Minor Prophets. The Hebrew term mishpat is prominent in some of the prophetic voices in the Twelve, notably Amos and Micah, where criticism of the Israelite or Judean people but especially the leadership is typically the context for discussions of justice. However, modern commentary literature often proposes that ideas of “justice” are nevertheless implied in those prophetic texts where the Hebrew term itself does not appear—and even in those individual voices or portions that do not include any criticism of the people and their leaders but only foreign peoples. This raises some difficult issues when attempting to read the Book of the Twelve as a single work, forcing commentators to explain why these two ideas—justice and social criticism—do not appear in virtually half of the prophetic voices featured in the work. Is the significance of “justice” a casualty of a proposed “final form” of the Book of the Twelve?
From “Historical” Prophets to Prophetic Books
Authors: Ben Zvi Ehud 
Published: February 2021

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This essay touches on the manifold ways in which sociocultural systemic features governed the construction of individual prophets in prophetic books and the ways in which these characters were remembered. It argues the case that the shift from “historical” prophets to prophetic figures in texts and memory in contemporary research calls also for stronger attention to be paid to sociocultural ecosystems and their substantial roles in the continuous production (through reading, and in the late Persian/early Hellenistic period, in addition by means of writing, composing, editing, etc.) and social “consumption” of the prophetic books and the prophets of memory that they served to evoke.
Historical Economics and the Minor Prophets
Authors: Silverman Jason M. 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay calls for a thorough reassessment of economics and the Minor Prophets. Since existing economic models based on both Marxism or (Neo-) liberalism are problematic as are many basic economic concepts, new theorizing based on ancient data is necessary. Taking Bourdieu’s “economic field” as a starting frame, this essay considers the material elements of production and consumption in the ancient southern Levant, their patterns and social structures, and some issues in the socioeconomic world of the Minor Prophets. These then raise new questions for sample prophetic passages (Amos, Joel, Haggai, Micah, and Zechariah). The essay points to some issues these considerations raise for analyzing the famous calls for social justice, and it closes by pointing in some potential directions for improved theoretical models in future research.
The Minor Prophets in Jewish Life Today
Authors: Fuchs Stephen Lewis 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay demonstrates the major roles the Minor Prophets play in shaping contemporary Jewish thought and practice. These books are read on or near occasions such as Yom Kippur, Chanukah, and Passover when more Jews are likely to attend synagogue than any other time of the year. The essay discusses passages from Amos, Hosea, Joel, Micah, Obadiah, Jonah, Zechariah, and Malachi and their significance as Haftarah portions for Sabbaths and festivals throughout the year. Their emphases on social justice, repentance, concern for the stranger, and the less fortunate of society make these issues vital concerns in Jewish life today. The essay underscores the prophets’ ability, in the midst of often harsh messages, to cling to hope for a better future and point to a time when humanity will live in peace and harmony.
Violence in the Minor Prophets
Authors: Werse Nicholas R. 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
Although the theme of violence assumes different nuances in the different voices within the Twelve (Minor Prophets), these texts reflect certain patterns in their response to violence. This article explores the prophetic response to violence in two social spheres. First, the texts speaking into pre-exilic Israelite and Judean societies respond to the internal violence within these societies by proclaiming divine violence utilizing foreign nations as judgment against these societies. Second, the texts speaking into the postexilic experience respond to the violence of foreign nations by proclaiming divine retributive violence against the nations. In both cases, God responds to violence with violence. Although this worldview would seem to produce an endless cycle of violence, some of these texts proclaim a possible path to peace and restoration beyond the violence, which is inextricably linked to the theme of violence.
Obadiah
Authors: Becking Bob 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay touches on three topics: (1) the relation between Obadiah and Jeremiah not as an instance of one prophet quoting the other but as an example of both prophets quoting a traditional anthem; (2) the animosity between Edom and Judah in the book of Obadiah as not referring to Edom’s role during the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem but reflecting postexilic struggles after the Edomite occupation of Southern Judah; and (3) Obadiah’s conceptual coherence as a separate book. The contribution ends with a few hermeneutical remarks on the violent character of vengeance.
The Minor Prophets in Early Judaism
Authors: Simkovich Malka Z. 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay explains that early Jewish interpreters read the Minor Prophets as portenders of the recent past and as predictors of a final restoration. With the exception of references to Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, the Minor Prophets were almost always cited on an individual basis in the rabbinic period but were nevertheless viewed by most early Jewish interpreters as comprising a cohesive collection whose prophecies underscored the importance of repentance through prayer and fasting, and the theme of God’s unbroken commitment to Israel. Given the common expectation of a messianic restoration among the early rabbinic community following the destruction of the second Temple, the essay concludes that by citing these prophets, early Jewish interpreters sought to imply that, just as its warnings of punishments had come to pass, the comforting predictions preserved in the Minor Prophets would soon be fulfilled.
Joel
Authors: Hagedorn Anselm C. 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay offers an introduction to the major literary and theological issues of the book of Joel. It shows how an agrarian disaster (locusts and drought) is transformed into a prophecy concerning the nations. The book’s engagement with with earlier texts ( especially those relating to the “Day of Yahweh”) attests to its late origin, and its ending reflects late theological thinking about the relationship between Israel and the nations, portraying Yahweh as the ruler of the whole world. In its final form, the book is shaped by a vague specificity that allows its use and application over a broad period of time.
The Minor Prophets in Christianity
Authors: Wagner Kimberly R. , Beard Brady Alan 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
Due to Habakkuk’s ahistoricity, communities and interpreters throughout the ages have applied the prophetic book to their present situations and concerns. This essay follows in the interpretive footsteps of those who have come before by considering how Habakkuk might be a valuable resource to contemporary posttraumatic prophetic preachers in this present moment. Given the rising prevalence of mass shootings and gun violence in the United States, alongside seemingly endless occurrences of natural disasters, abuse, hate crimes, and other traumatic incidents, it is no longer a question of if a preacher or pastor will need to address trauma or a traumatized congregation, but when. The essay argues that Habakkuk may serve as a valuable resource to address contemporary homiletical concerns, specifically how preachers might conceive of “posttraumatic prophetic preaching” in the midst of congregations experiencing communal trauma. In particular, Habakkuk may help preachers as they seek to locate themselves and reflect on their communal responsibilities after a traumatic incident as well as provide an eschatological theological orientation from which to preach.
Genres and Forms in the Minor Prophets
Authors: Floyd Michael H. 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay explores the category of genre, the verbal conventions that signal what kind of messages are being sent and received. The prophetic books of the Bible are a distinctive genre. They are characterized by a dipolar rhetorical strategy, reinterpreting revelatory messages addressed by prophets to their audiences in the past as the basis for the writers’ own revelatory messages addressed to their present and future readers. In prophetic books, genres function on two levels simultaneously. The oracular raw material on which the text is based takes various conventional forms of prophetic speech, and the literary composition into which it has been refashioned takes one of several conventional forms of prophetic books. In the Minor Prophets three types of prophetic books are represented—typological books, narrative books, and massa books—each of which utilizes various basic forms of prophetic speech. Jonah is sui generis.
The Minor Prophets in Modern Culture
Authors: McEntire Mark 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay considers the ways in which the Twelve appear in contemporary culture. These books present a challenge for the most skilled interpreters, and their obscurity proves an even greater challenge for more casual readers. It is not surprising that expressions related to the Minor Prophets in contemporary culture tend toward notable phrases or images and the sparse characters, like Hosea and Jonah, which readers find there. In many cases these elements eclipse the larger concerns in the prophetic literature and become primary themes unto themselves, such as war and peace, civil rights, or the apocalypse. The ancient Israelite prophets were odd reshapers of tradition themselves, though, so the forms in which they have found their way into modern contexts may be oddly fitting.
Zephaniah
Authors: Quine Cat 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
This essay discusses the key topics for the study of the book of Zephaniah, including structure, authorship, date, central themes, Zephaniah’s relationship with the Book of the Twelve, and the Hebrew Bible. The themes explored include the Day of Yahweh, illicit cult practice, the contrast between corrupt elite classes and a humble remnant, the city, redemption, and restoration. Many of these themes are found in the other Minor Prophets, but they find unique expression in Zephaniah, carefully crafted to convey the prophet’s message. The essay ends with a reflection on how to read Zephaniah—how to make sense of the individuality of the book among the plurality of intertextual connections found within it.
Popular Music, Advertising, and “Selling Out”
Authors: Klein Bethany 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
The use of popular music in advertising has provided a key battleground for debates over whether popular musicians have “sold out,” or compromised their values for financial gain. However, as the practice of licensing to advertising has become an important source of revenue for musicians and a more common practice, the stigma once attached to it has lifted, leading some popular musicians and commentators to claim that there is now “no such thing as selling out.” This chapter focuses on how and why selling out has emerged and receded as a valuable concept for understanding the use of popular music in advertising. It looks across both historical and contemporary cases to understand the practice of licensing popular music to advertising as an increasingly standard yet at times contentious activity within popular music culture.
“Pushin’ It”
Authors: Love Joanna 
Published: February 2021

Abstract
Formative scholarship on musical appropriation has tended to focus on how dominant groups borrow subaltern signifiers to elevate their hipness. However, in contemporary American advertising campaigns, marketers often deploy humorous devices that place stereotyped signifiers of distinctive groups in opposition to one another to magnify their perceived differences and create comedy for the spot. This chapter investigates this practice by examining a 2014 Geico insurance commercial that features the pioneering female hip-hop crew Salt-N-Pepa performing their 1988 hit “Push It.” The commercial aims for humor by re-envisioning the trio’s suggestive music video as a means for cheering suburbanites through mundane tasks. But the incongruence of old-school hip-hop sounds and imagery against those of the modern-day, white-washed lifestyles onscreen reveals a more obvious message: The urban, Black trio and their one-time hit song about female sexual empowerment do not belong there. Musicological inquiry is thus paired here with cultural studies of hip-hop, hipness, advertising, and humor to reveal the process by which signifiers of Salt-N-Pepa’s iconicity are placed in opposition to the pictured residents in ways that reaffirm hierarchies of race, gender, and class.