dc.contributor.advisor | Gunn, David M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fox, R. Michael | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-23T14:50:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-23T14:50:36Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier | etd-05132014-121208 | en_US |
dc.identifier | umi-10493 | en_US |
dc.identifier | cat-002155771 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/4531 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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). | |
dc.format.medium | Format: Online | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Fort Worth, Tex. : [Texas Christian University], | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Texas Christian University dissertation | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMI thesis. | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Texas Christian University dissertation. | en_US |
dc.relation.requires | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | en_US |
dc.relation.requires | System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. | en_US |
dc.rights | Embargoed until May 13, 2015: Texas Christian University. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Messengers. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Metaphor in the Bible. | en_US |
dc.title | Don't shoot the messenger: reading Malachi in light of ancient Persian royal messengers in the time of Xerxes | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |
etd.degree.department | Brite Divinity School | |
etd.degree.level | Doctoral | |
local.college | Brite Divinity School | |
local.department | Brite Divinity School | |
local.academicunit | Brite Divinity School | |
dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
local.subjectarea | Religion (Brite) | |
etd.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | |
etd.degree.grantor | Brite Divinity School | |