A thematic development of the Haggai - Zechariah - Malachi corpus

Abstract

"In a previously published article the thesis was proposed that the last three books of the canon of the twelve form a useful literary unit not only for the study of early postexilic Judaism (sixth-fifth centuries B.C.) but, more importantly, for a clearer understanding of the messages of the books themselves. More specifi- cally, it was suggested that the books of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi (to- gether referred to as "the HZM corpus") have been tied together in form and message with five literary connectors that are discernible in the present form of the text."