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New
Navarre Bible
just released...
Minor
Prophets
completes
the Old Testament set!
In
the language of the Bible, "prophecy" has quite a broad
meaning, but refers, primarily, to the idea of "speaking in the
name of God". The entire Old Testament could be said to be
prophetic, but some books carry the names of four "major"
and twelve "minor" prophets - a distinction based on their
length. Not all of them easy to date, the authors and editors of
these books in the "roll of the twelve prophets" lived at
times between the eighth century and second century B.C. This volume
of the Navarre Bible commentaries sheds light on the twelve minor
prophets of the Old Testament: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
The
Psalms aside, the books of the prophets are the Old Testament
sources most often referred to in the New. Their message covers all
aspects of Israelite and Christian faith - belief in One God, his
chosen people, the Messiah and the path to salvation. Hardcover, 362
pages. $34.95
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