Episode Synopsis "Zephaniah: Background"

Northwest Theological Seminary presents a study of the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah, taught by Academic Dean James T. Dennison during the Spring 2014 semester.

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• Zephaniah: Background
• Background (Concluded)
• The Superscription (1:1)
• Zephaniah in Narrative Time and Narrative Space
• De-creation, Degression, Destruction (Zeph. 1:2-3)
• Idolatry, Syncretism, Apostasy (Zeph. 1:4-6)
• Theatre Noir: The Lord's Sacrifice and his 'Sanctified' Guests (Zeph. 1:7-11)
• God's Lamp-light Reflecting on the Darkness (Zeph. 1:12-13)
• Zephaniah's Syncopated Yom YHWH (Zeph. 1:14-16)
• Zephaniah and the Consummation (Zeph. 1:17-18)
• The Lord's Invitation (Zeph. 2:1-3)
• The Philistines: Decimation and Transformation -- Coastland to Pastureland (Zeph. 2:4-7)
• The Lord's Oppressors (Moab and Ammon) Reversed by the Lord's Possessors (Eschatological Israel) (Zeph. 2:8-10)
• Cush, Assyria and Nineveh: The Coming Age of Destruction and Darkness (Zeph. 2:11-15)
• From Woe to Aperture -- From Jerusalem Below to Jerusalem Above (Zeph. 3:1-5)
• Cush Reversal Epexegetical of the Eschatological Reversal for the Nations (Zeph. 3:6-10)
• Narrative Time and Narrative Space in Zephaniah 3:11-13
• Dies Gratiae: The Eschatological Jerusalem with the Savior King in the Midst (Zeph. 3:14-17)
• Final Eschatological Conclusion and Narrative Reversals (Zeph. 3:18-20)