The Minor Prophets in the New Testament

Description

The Minor Prophets in the New Testament brings together a set of specially commissioned studies by authors who are experts in the field. After an introductory chapter on the use of the Minor Prophets in the second temple literature, each of the New Testament books that contain quotations from the Minor Prophets are discussed: Mark, Matthew, Luke-Acts, John, Paul, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Revelation. Readers are given an overview of the status, role and function of the Minor Prophets in the first century. The text considers the Greek and Hebrew manuscript traditions and offers insights into the various hermeneutical stances of the New Testament authors and the development of New Testament theology.

Maarten J. J. Menken is Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands Steve Moyise is Visiting Professor at Newman University, UK and author of The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation (Sheffield, 1995) and The Old Testament in the New (Continuum, 2001). He is the series editor of The T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies.

"European and US scholars of religion, Old and New Testaments, Greek, and systems analysis take the gospels and epistles in turn, identifying and analyzing quotations from and allusions to the 12 prophets of the Old Testament known as the Minor Prophets. Of the 12, Hosea, Zechariah, Habakkuk, Joel, Amos , Micah, Jonah, and Haggai are quoted explicitly. The quotations all occur in the gospels (including Acts), Paul, and Hebrews. Chapters also look at allusions, there being no quotations, in James, 1 & 2 Peter, and Jude and in Revelations." -Eithne O' Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc. "After a five-page introduction, this volume presents nine essays on how the Minor Prophets are treated in Second Temple Judaism by J. Leonhardt-Balzer; in Mark's Gospel by C. Breytenbach; in Matthew's Gospel by C.A. Ham; in Luke's-Acts by H. van de Sandt; in John's Gospel by Menken; in Paul by Moyise; in Hebrews by R. Gheorghita; in James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude by K. H. Jobes; and in Revelation by M. Jauhiainen." -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 54 'The volume as a whole provides a helpful resource for prophetic study and an essential resource for those examining the use of the Old Testament in the New.' -- Religious Studies Review