Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve

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Editors embedded a historiography of the events surrounding Judah's downfall into the Book of the Twelve in the Persian Era. Kipp Swinney argues that editors of the Twelve used the motifs of the divine warrior, Chaoskampf, and theophany in the Persian era to recast history with Yahweh at the center.
In the Persian era, Judean editors of the Book of the Twelve incorporated new material and revised existing content in ways that reflected on the history from Assyria's fall to Persia's rise. Kipp Swinney argues that the Persian era editors of the Twelve embed a historiography that centralizes Yahweh's role in Judah's history by using the motifs of the divine warrior, Chaoskampf, and theophany. These motifs depict Yahweh's acting in history without human assistance, which enhanced Yahweh's legitimacy as king despite Babylon's destruction of Judah and Persia's ascendancy. Amos, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah contain this embedded historiography and legitimizing agenda. Synthesizing developmental models of the Twelve with the tradition history of the motifs used, Swinney illuminates the Persian era shaping of the Book of the Twelve.

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Kipp Swinney
Born 1989; 2011 BA in Biblical Text from Abilene Christian University; 2015 MDiv, Abilene Christian University; 2016 MA in Old Testament, Abilene Christian University; 2021 PhD in Religion, Baylor University; Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Baylor Interdisciplinary Core at Baylor University.

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Divine Warrior/Göttlicher Krieger Chaoskampf Redaction History/ Redaktionsgeschichte The Book of the Twelve Prophets/ Zwolfprophetenbuch

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