Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi

Gibson, Jonathan/ Mein, Andrew (Editor)/ Camp, Claudia V. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0567665143 / ISBN 13: 9780567665140

Published by Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2016

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302 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567665143
• ISBN 13: 9780567665140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.64 kilograms

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Synopsis

The core of Malachi's covenantal imagination is shaped by his reflection on an authoritative collection of source texts in the Hebrew Bible. The mention of people, nations and places, Deuteronomic terminology, and rare words and unique word/root combinations exclusive to Malachi and only a few other texts encourages the book to be read in the context of received biblical traditions and texts.

The diversity of methodologies used previously to analyse Malachi has resulted in confusion about the significance of the inner-biblical connections in the book of Malachi, which Gibson clarifies. His reading frees the text of Malachi from being overburdened by too many “intertexts”, and allows its central message of covenant to arise with greater clarity and force. Gibson reveals how Malachi's connections to earlier source texts are neither random nor causal; rather, they have been strategically employed to inform and shape his central theme of covenant continuity and fidelity.

About the Authors

Jonathan Gibson (Ph.D., Cambridge University, UK) is Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, USA.

Andrew Mein is Director of Research at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK

Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.