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Don't shoot the messenger: reading Malachi in light of ancient Persian royal messengers in the time of Xerxes
Fox, R. Michael
Fox, R. Michael
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Fort Worth, Tex. : [Texas Christian University],
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2014
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Malachi contains a substantial amount of messenger language, imagery, and vocabulary. When one uses a reconstruction of ancient Persian royal messengers to construct an interpretive lens for reading the text, it becomes apparent that Malachi exhibits a root messenger metaphor from whence the many individual metaphors and decorations derive. This presentation of the book suggests that Malachi's historical context is the early reign of Xerxes, a time when the Persian emperor was constantly sending royal heralds throughout the known world. Malachi's form is best seen as a royal message (from YHWH, the Great King).
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Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C.
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Messengers.
Metaphor in the Bible.
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Messengers.
Metaphor in the Bible.
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Brite Divinity School