Rethinking the demarcation of Malachi 2:17-3:5
| dc.contributor.author | Snyman, S. D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-20T13:00:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-20T13:00:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Demarcating a unit remains important for the interpretation and understanding of the particular unit in a (Biblical) book. In the case of the book of Malachi, the majority of scholars adhere to the traditional demarcation of the fourth unit in the book of Malachi (2:17-3:5). Closer investigation reveals that the matter is not as settled as one might think. Other possibilities are also advocated by scholars. Some regard Mal. 2:17-3:12 as a unit. Another possibility is to regard Mal. 2:17 as a unit on its own followed by either Mal. 3:1-5 or 3:1-12 as a separate unit. A third possibility is to view Mal. 2:17-3:6 as a unit. This paper argues for yet another possibility stretching from Mal. 2:17-3:7a. Arguments for this delimitation are given and the impact this new possibility has on the exegesis and eventual meaning of both Mal. 2:17-3:7a and the following unit (Mal. 3:7b-12) is explored. | en_US |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Snyman, S. D. (2011). Rethinking the demarcation of Malachi 2:17-3:5. Acta Theologica, 31(1), 156-168. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1015-8758 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2309-9089 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/9565 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dermarcation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Day of the Lord | en_US |
| dc.subject | Literary genre | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mal 3:6 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mal 3:7 | en_US |
| dc.title | Rethinking the demarcation of Malachi 2:17-3:5 | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |