Chapter 1 presents the thesis and surveys the scholarship that has contributed to the understanding of the composition of Mal 1:2–5 and the concerns of the author. The many studies that feature Mal 1:2–5 for its place in Malachi, the Book of the Twelve, the Edom oracle, and text…
This dissertation is a text-critical study of the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts of Malachi. Malachi contains 55 verses which are divided into three Hebrew chapters (four chapters in English of the same number of verses). The Hebrew texts consulted are the Masoretic Text B19a (C…
The function of Elijah in the Gospel of Mark is built on the manifold traditions which surround the prophet in the first century. The Old Testament canonical traditions, first expressed in Kings, are added to and completed in Malachi. The pictures of Elijah in the Apocrypha and …
This dissertation identifies an intertextual relationship between the prophetic books of Hosea and Malachi, which creates a literary frame around the Minor Prophets and indicates that the twelve books should be read as a unified Book of the Twelve. Using literary criticism, the …