Obadiah : a new translation with introduction and commentary / [print]
Society of Biblical Literature abbreviation for series: AB
Paul R. Raabe.
- first edition.
- New York : Doubleday, (c)1996.
- xxvi, 310 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- The Anchor Bible ; .
- The Anchor Bible ; 1964 ; English. Anchor Bible. .
I. Yahweh's first utterance : announcement of doom addressed to Edom (vv 1b-4) -- Excursus: The messenger formula II. Yahweh's second utterance : announcement of doom addressed to Edom (vv 5-7) -- III. Yahweh's third utterance (vv 8-18) -- A. Announcement of doom, accusation and warning addressed to Edom (vv 8-15) -- B. Promise of restoration and victory addressed to Judah (vv 16-18) -- Excursus: Drinking the cup of Yahweh's wrath IV. The prophet's expansion : promise of Israel's restoration and Yahweh's kingship (vv 19-21).