God of my victory
Subtitle: the ancient hymn in Habakkuk 3
By: Theodore Hiebert.
Series: Harvard Semitic monographs ;; no. 38
Publisher: Scholars Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Atlanta, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Habakkuk III -- Theology.; Theophanies in the Bible.
Other titles: Bible. O.T. Habakkuk III. Hebrew. 1986.; Bible. O.T. Habakkuk III. English. Hiebert. 1986.
Description: The most lively issue in Habakkuk studies is the meaning of Chapter 3 and its relationship to the prophetic corpus as a whole. The vivid and, in its canonical context, unusual imagery of this theophanic hymn has intrigued and puzzled exegetes. The study which follows is an effort to address this issue in a synthetic fashion, employing insights from textual, poetic, linguistic, historical, archaeological, and theological investigations based on the most recent data available in these areas. The intention is to clarify, as far as possible, the source of this poem in Israelite life and the reason for its position in the canon in order to contribute to the developing understanding of this brief but complex prophetic book. - Preface.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 183-205.