LEADER 04081oam 22006614a 450 001 9910460696803321 005 20211004152516.0 010 $a1-57506-395-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575063959 035 $a(CKB)3710000000498259 035 $a(EBL)4395056 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001570763 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16221309 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001570763 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13585792 035 $a(PQKB)10507214 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)15512109 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12555594 035 $a(PQKB)23336452 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4395056 035 $a(DLC) 2015028979 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4395056 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11197466 035 $a(OCoLC)914339507 035 $a(DE-B1597)584359 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575063959 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79389 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000498259 100 $a20170113d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Message from the Great King$eReading Malachi in Light of Ancient Persian Royal Messenger Texts from the Time of Xerxes 210 1$aWinona Lake, Indiana :$cEisenbrauns,$d2015 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 225 0 $aSiphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew scriptures ;$v17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57506-394-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aTitle; Contents; Preface andAcknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 History of Research: Entrenched Trajectories and a New Direction; Chapter 2 Methodology: Adapting Michael Ward's Donegality for Investigating Malachi's Root Messenger Metaphor; Chapter 3 Reconstruction: Building a Messenger Lens for Reading Malachi; Chapter 4 Poiema: Malachi's Messenger Decorations and Root Messenger Metaphor; Chapter 5 Logos: The Impact of Malachi's Root Messenger Metaphor; Appendix 1 Historical Overview of Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture 330 $aThe academy has not been kind to Malachi. Indeed, some of the most influential and seminal studies on the book denigrate its style, message, and overall artistry. This negative assessment proves extensive in the history of scholarship. Furthermore, the studies demonstrating a more positive assessment of Malachi do so without offering serious challenges to these long-standing denigrations. Complicating the matter is the observation that critical study has proffered numerous suggestions for what Malachi contains while failing to provide a viable model of what Malachi actually is.A Message from the Great King presents serious challenges to the guild?s prior assessments and conclusions about the book. Through an interdisciplinary approach that synthesizes insights from literary theory, thorough historical reconstruction, and a close reading of the biblical text, R. Michael Fox makes a formidable case that a root messenger metaphor pervades the entire text of Malachi. Viewed and read through this new lens, Malachi?s artistry becomes more readily apparent and its theological message more intense and demanding. A Message from the Great King provides serious reassessment of the academy?s long-standing denigrations of the book and a compelling answer to what Malachi actually is. Accompanying these insights into Malachi are new methodological procedures and exercises that merit further attention and reflection. 410 0$aSiphrut ;$v17. 606 $aElectronic books 606 $aElectronic books$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00906854 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElectronic books. 615 0$aElectronic books 676 $a224/.99067 700 $aFox$b Michael R$0245497 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460696803321 996 $aA message from the Great King$92492674 997 $aUNINA