Wrath and Mercy: A Commentary on the Books of Habakkuk and Zephaniah
Overview
Neither Habakkuk nor Zephaniah is very well known or understood by our generation. These Old Testament prophets, who were contemporary with Jeremiah, interpreted events leading up to the total destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian “king of kings and lord of lords,” in 597 and 587 B.C.
Writing from within a Socialist society, Mária Eszenyei Széles offers a unique perspective on Habakkuk and Zephaniah—a profoundly moving interpretation of the mystery of God’s apparent absence or weakness when his own people meet with intolerable suffering at the hands of a cruel totalitarian regime.
Top Highlights
“Today, then, biblical scholars place Habakkuk’s prophetic period in the last decade of the 7th century and in the first decade of the 6th century, between 609 and 597 B.C.” (Page 5)
“‘lift up the voice,’ ‘proclaim,’ ‘communicate,’ ‘reveal,’ ‘burden one with a judgment” (Pages 14–15)
Product Details
- Title: Wrath and Mercy: A Commentary on the Books of Habakkuk and Zephaniah
- Author: Maria Eszenyei Szeles
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Publication Date: 1987
- Pages: 118