Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve

Redakteure in der Perserzeit haben eine Überlieferung der Ereignisse rund um den Untergang Judas in das Zwölfprophetenbuch eingefügt. Kipp Swinney zeigt, dass sie die Motive des göttlichen Kriegers, des Chaoskampfes und der Theophanie nutzten, um die Geschichte mit Jahwe im Zentrum umzuschreiben.CHAPTER ONE: Introduction and History of Scholarship
Looking Forward - Definition of the Project - One Book or Twelve Books - History of Scholarship on the Diachronic Development of the Book of the Twelve - History of Scholarship on the Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany - Methodology - The Need for This Study

CHAPTER TWO: Sifting through the layers of the Twelve
The Formation of the Book of the Twelve - The Most Relevant Layers of the Twelve

CHAPTER THREE: Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Persian Era. Reshaping of the Embedded Historiography of the Twelve—Nahum
The Literary-Historical Setting of Nahum - Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Shaping of Nahum

CHAPTER FOUR: Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Persian Era Reshaping of the Embedded Historiography of the Twelve—Habakkuk
The Literary-Historical Setting of the Book of Habakkuk - The Hymn of Habakkuk (Hab 3) - War and Woe: The Divine Warrior in Habakkuk's Woe Oracles - The Role of the Hymn and the Motifs of the Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Shaping of Habakkuk - Nahum and Habakkuk and the Shaping of the Twelve

CHAPTER FIVE: Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Persian Era Reshaping of the Embedded Historiography of the Twelve—The Book of the Four
Zephaniah and the Newly Minted Seventh Century Sub-Collection - Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany and the Reshaping of the Eighth Century Sub-Collection - The Book of the Four and the Evolving Book of the Twelve

CHAPTER SIX: The Twelve as a Response to the Shortcomings of Histories
Summary of Findings - Alternative Historiographies to the Long Sixth Century - The Contributions of This Study