Zechariah - Concordia Commentary

<p>In Zechariah's time the people complained that theirs was a day of small things. (Zechariah 4:10) Israel languished under the rule of the Persians their ranks thinned and the second temple plain and unadorned. In light of this Zechariah has sometimes been dismissed as passive and conformist lacking the fiery words and indictments of Isaiah Jerimiah Amos and other prophets that railed against the disrepair of God's people. In this commentary Lessing argues that Zechariah stands among the great prophets merely taking a different tact. Zechariah is a text of rebuilding: rebuilding God's law in the nation rebuilding the hope of the Gospel and rebuilding the faith of the people. Taking an approach that is Christological theological historical and literary Lessing receives Zechariah as a whole text saying Zechariah is God's gift for all living in wreckage and ruin. Read and be comforted by the Prophet who foretold Christ's birth in Bethlehem.</p><p>Features</p><ul><li>Discussion of the chapters 9-14 as a visionary template of Christ's passion</li><li>Biographical histories on Zechariah Haggai Cyrus II Darius I and Bablyon.</li><li>Century by Century overviews of scholarship on Zechariah</li><li>Comparison of Psalm 126 as a microcosm of Zechariah</li></ul><p>Additional Essays</p><ul><li>Zechariah and Apocalyptic Literature</li><li>Zechariah and Earlier Texts</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Series</strong></p><p>The Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight clarity and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.</p><p>The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew Aramaic or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.</p><p>The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration inerrancy and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation ministry death resurrection and ascension of Christ His Son.</p><p>Authors expose the rich treasury of language imagery and thematic content of the Scripture while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology history and extrabiblical literature. Throughout God's Word emanates from authors careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word Sacrament and daily confession.</p><p><br></p>