Zechariah 9–14 (The Anchor Yale Bible | AYB)
Overview
This commentary and new translation of Zechariah 9–14 continues the approach adopted in the authors’ volume on Haggai and Zechariah 1–8. Authors Carol Meyers and Eric Meyers are perhaps uniquely qualified for this work because of their backgrounds in biblical archaeology and the social sciences. Employing the highest standards of philological, literary, and historical research, they shed light on many enigmatic passages and offer an entirely new perspective on the history of Israel and its religion in the Persian period.
Whereas many scholars have viewed this point in the history of Israel as a time of deterioration of the beliefs and practices of biblical religion, the authors paint a picture of an innovative and vibrant community struggling to maintain its identity within a rapidly changing world dominated by the mighty Greeks and Persians. In the face of this the author of Zechariah 9–14 makes extensive and transformative use of earlier biblical writings and of the sayings of previous prophets, and articulates a radically new view of Israel’s future.
Carol and Eric Meyers are the first modern commentators to see in these ancient texts the central role played by the Greco-Persian wars in shaping the postexilic restoration community of Israel and its views of an expansive and glorious future. And although Zechariah 9–14 is often regarded as the swan song of biblical prophecy, the authors clearly demonstrate that the new modes of prophetic discourse found within this text helped biblical religion to meet one of the greatest challenges in its long history.
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- Offers original translations, including alternative translations, annotations, and variants
- Provides verse-by-verse commentary on the text
- Presents the reader with historical background, including analysis of authorship and dating
- Features an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary literature
- Offers original translations, including alternative translations, annotations, and variants
- Provides verse-by-verse commentary on the text
- Presents the reader with historical background, including analysis of authorship and dating
- Features an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary literature
Top Highlights
“Canaan and Israel were too close—territorially, environmentally, and culturally—for distinction to be sustained. The risk of Israel’s falling into Canaanite ways can be resolved either by the ultimate cultural reversal—Canaanites will become Israelites throughout the promised land and in its sacred center in the Jerusalem Temple—or by the total annihilation of Israel’s archenemy. The all-pervasive holiness of the future age will pertain to all in the land, Canaanites (if they are still there) and Israelites alike. And because the holiness is that of Yahweh and not of the gods of Canaan, it is the identity of Yahweh’s people that will prevail in the land and that will become filled with God’s sanctity.” (Pages 506–507)
“This aspect of the Sinai covenant is particularly relevant to Second Zechariah’s use of covenant language to emphasize the inevitability of God’s restoring all the people to the land.” (Page 139)
“The idea of a ‘fountain’ being opened by Yahweh to such ends draws upon imagery of Jerusalem as the sacred center of the universe, where the living waters are part of the quasi-mythic character of Zion’s everlasting sanctity. This imagery contributes to the eschatological thrust of the oracle and implies that the cleansing wrought by the cosmic waters will be an ongoing feature of the future age, so that Israel’s leadership will never again be impure.” (Page 399)
“The future (new) covenant will not carry the risk of violation—hence Israelite identity will cease to become an issue. Rather, it is the other nations, whose culture will be somewhat subsumed into that of Israel by their acknowledgment of Yahweh and their celebration of the Feast of Booths, whose identity and autonomy will never again be absolute and thus never again stand in opposition to Israelite integrity and existence.” (Page 506)
- Part One: Zechariah 9–11
- Zechariah 9
- Zechariah 10
- Zechariah 11
- Part Two: Zechariah 12–14
- Zechariah 12
- Zechariah 13
- Zechariah 14
- Title: Zechariah 9–14: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
- Authors: Carol Meyers, Eric Meyers
- Series: Anchor Yale Bible
- Volume: 25C
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Zechariah 9-14 › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:ANCHOR38BZEC
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:07:37Z
Carol L. Meyers holds an MA and a PhD from Brandeis University, and is professor in the department of religion and is associate director of the Women’s Studies Program at Duke.
About Eric M. Meyers
Eric M. Meyers has an MA from Brandeis and a PhD from Harvard. He is also a professor in the department of religion at Duke. He is author of Jewish Ossuaries: Reburial and Rebirth, available from Logos as part of the PBI Old Testament Studies Collection (6 vols.).
