Methodology: An Introductory Essay
J. Glen Taylor
Hosea’s Wife and Children (1:1–2:23)
Hosea’s Reconciliation with His Wife (3:1–5)
The Charge against Israel (4:1–19)
Judgment against Israel (5:1–15)
Punishment for Israel (8:1–10:15)
God’s Love for Israel (11:1–11)
Israel’s Sin and God’s Anger (11:12–13:16)
Repentance to Bring Blessing (14:1–9)
Mark W. Chavalas
Invasion of Locusts and a Call to Repentance (1:1–20)
An Army of Locusts and God’s Call to His People (2:1–27)
Blessings for God’s People (3:17–21)
Philip S. Johnston
Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors (1:3–2:5)
Visions and Confrontation (7:1–9:10)
Alan R. Millard
“So Shall It Be Done to You” (8–16)
John H. Walton
Jonah’s Commission and Flight (1:1–17)
Daniel M. Master
The Certain Destruction of Israel (1:2–3:12)
A Picture of a Coming Day (4:1–5:15)
An Unjust World in Light of a Hopeful Future (6:1–7:20)
Alan R. Millard
God’s Faithfulness to the Faithful (1:7)
God’s Punishment for His Opponents (1:8–11)
Punishment for Judah Ends as Punishment for Her Foe Begins (1:12–13)
Nineveh’s Doom and Judah’s Restoration Decreed (1:14–15)
Nineveh Told of Her Fate and Judah of Her Restoration (2:1–2)
The Fall of Nineveh Foreseen (2:3–13)
More about the Fall of Nineveh (3:1–4)
Nineveh’s Fate Will Be Worse Than She inflicted on Others (3:5–19)
Victor H. Matthews
Habakkuk’s First Complaint and the Lord’s Answer (1:1–11)
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint and the Lord’s Answer (1:12–17)
Mark W. Chavalas
Warning of Coming Judgment (1:1–2:3)
Judgment Against the Nations (2:4–15)
The Future of Jerusalem (3:1–20)
Kenneth G. Hoglund
Haggai’s First Oracle (1:1–1:12)
Haggai’s Second Oracle (1:13–15)
Haggai’s Fourth Oracle (2:10–23)
Kenneth G. Hoglund and John H. Walton
Zechariah’s First Vision (1:7–17)
Zechariah’s Second Vision (1:18–21)
Zechariah’s Third Vision (2:1–13)
Zechariah’s Fourth Vision (3:1–10)
Zechariah’s Fifth Vision (4:1–14)
Zechariah’s Sixth Vision (5:1–4)
Zechariah’s Seventh Vision (5:5–11)
Zechariah’s Eighth Vision (6:1–8)
Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting (7:1–14)
The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem (8:1–23)
Judgment on Israel’s Enemies (9:1–8)
The Coming of Zion’s King (9:9–13)
The Lord Will Appear (9:14–17)
The Lord Will Care for Judah (10:1–11:3)
Jerusalem’s Enemies and Mourning for the One They Pierced (12:1–14)
The Lord Comes and Reigns (14:1–21)
Andrew E. Hill
Malachi’s Thesis Disputation: Yahweh’s Covenant Love for Israel (1:1–5)
Malachi’s Second Disputation: Faithless Priests Rebuked (1:6–2:9)
Malachi’s Third Disputation: Faithless People Rebuked (2:10–16)
Malachi’s Fourth Disputation: Judgment and Purification (2:17–3:5)
Malachi’s Fifth Disputation: Call to Repentance (3:6–12)
Malachi’s Sixth Disputation: Judgment and Vindication (3:13–4:3)
Appendixes: Appeal to Ideal Figures Moses and Elijah (4:4–6)