The Preacher's Commentary Series, Volume 23: Micah / Nahum / Habakkuk / Zephaniah / Haggai / Zechariah / Malachi

by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

, 1992

Overview

The Perfect Commentary for Teachers and Preachers! This outstanding commentary series just got better; now complete with sermon and teaching outline. General editor Lloyd J. Ogilvie brings together a team of skilled and exceptional communicators, blending sound scholarship with life-related illustrations and useful outlines for teaching and preaching.

Key Features

• Full of sermon outlines
• Expositions, section-by-section
• Perfect for pastors and teachers

Contents

Top Highlights

“So central to the whole of Jewish thought was Habakkuk 2:4b that the Talmud records this famous remark made by Rabbi Simlai: ‘Moses gave Israel 613 commandments. David reduced them to eleven [Psalm 15], Micah to 3 [Micah 6:8], Isaiah to 2 [Isaiah 56:1], but Habakkuk to 1—‘the righteous shall live by his faith [Hab. 2:4].’ ’⁹ Jewish scholars felt that these words—only three words in the Hebrew text—fairly summarized the message of the whole Bible.” (Page 163)

“His complaints against the nation of Judah did not focus on the usual flagrant sins of idolatry, unrighteousness, and injustice; instead, his concerns were over his people’s apathy in their worship and service of God. He called his people to reexamine their priorities. His message concerned the interior of the person and the heart of the matters raised; external issues were merely symptoms of the deeper problem that must be addressed if any change was to come in those external issues.” (Page 246)

“They would learn firsthand that God was indeed just and that His justice would be observed in His preparation of the path by a forerunner (3:1a), His coming (3:1b–2), His refining work (3:3–4), His judgment (3:5), and His long-suffering (3:6).” (Page 495)

“Haggai addressed the people’s unwarranted contentment in his first message and their unwarranted discontent in his second message. In this third message he rebukes the people’s misplaced values.” (Page 276)

“But how is it that a prophet whose ministry lasted for a mere five months in the year 520 b.c. should have so lasting an impact on so many?” (Page 246)

Product Details

• Title: The Preacher’s Commentary Series, Volume 23: Micah / Nahum / Habakkuk / Zephaniah / Haggai / Zechariah / Malachi
• Author: Walter C. Kaiser Jr.
• Series: Preacher’s Commentary
• Volume: 23
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Print Publication Date: 1992
• Logos Release Date: 2004
• Pages: 518
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Habakkuk › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Haggai › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Malachi › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Micah › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Nahum › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Zechariah › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Zephaniah › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781418504342, 1418504343
• Resource ID: LLS:29.38.5
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T17:08:44Z

About Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

Walter C. Kaiser (1933–) is an evangelical Old Testament scholar, writer, speaker, and educator. He earned degrees from Wheaton College and Brandeis University.

Kaiser taught Bible and archaeology at Wheaton College and taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in several capacities. He currently serves as the Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2006 retired as their President.

Kaiser has contributed to numerous publications like Journal for the Study of Old Testament and Westminster Theological Journal. He has also written over 30 books including Toward an Exegetical Theology and A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars.