Time and Space in Haggai-Zechariah 1-8
Subtitle: A Bakhtinian Analysis of a Prophetic Chronicle (Studies in Biblical Literature, Vol. 24)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780820445960
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Books of the Old Testament; Old Testament Commentary; Religion; Religion - Theology; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Theology; Biblical Commentary - Old Testament; Bible; Bible.; Comparative studies; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Haggai; O.T; O.T.; Zechariah I-VIII
Description: "In recent years, biblical scholars have begun to apply the literary theories of Mikhail Bakhtin to their study of biblical texts. This study offers a Bakhtinian analysis of Haggai-Zechariah 1-8. Using Bakhtin's distinctive understanding of genre as a textual embodiment of a worldview, this study analyzes how Haggai-Zechariah 1-8 transforms the generic worldview of the chronicles. A Bakhtinian literary analysis also provides insights on the socio-historical context and socio-political function of the text.

As a prophetic transformation of the chronistic genre, Haggai-Zechariah 1-8 critiques the ideology of the chronicles. Instead of offering an ideological defense of Persian imperial policy in post-exilic Judah, Haggai-Zechariah 1-8 subverts the historical reality of Persian imperial rule by depicting a utopian vision of Yahweh's universal rule."--BOOK JACKET.