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Chapter 3 - Return to YHWH

The Introduction to the Book of Zechariah

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2020

Robert L. Foster
Robert L. Foster
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University of Georgia
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Summary

We do not know much about the biography of Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo. The Book of Zechariah does not concern itself much with the person as with the fact that Zechariah is “the prophet” who, during the reign of Darius I of Persia, received words from YHWH. What we know then is that Zechariah was one of those figures recognizable in Yehud as a practitioner of a form of “intuitive divination” whose utterances were believed, at least by those who recorded them, to be inspired by YHWH, the God of Israel.1

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The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah , pp. 53 - 60
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Return to YHWH
  • Robert L. Foster, University of Georgia
  • Book: The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah
  • Online publication: 19 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688321.005
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  • Return to YHWH
  • Robert L. Foster, University of Georgia
  • Book: The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah
  • Online publication: 19 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688321.005
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  • Return to YHWH
  • Robert L. Foster, University of Georgia
  • Book: The Theology of the Books of Haggai and Zechariah
  • Online publication: 19 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688321.005
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