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Zephaniah, Benjamin (Obadiah Iqbal)
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Zephaniah, Benjamin (Obadiah Iqbal) (1958– ), poet and playwright who left school aged 13, and spent many of his teenage years in youth institutions. He came to public attention as a performance poet, and as the writer of
Job Rocking (pub. 1989), recognized as Britain's first rap play. In 1991 he co-wrote the TV play
Dread Poets Society, in which he played himself in an imagined encounter with
Shelley, Mary
Shelley, and
Byron. After his last stage play,
Streetwise (1990), he stopped writing for the stage on the grounds that most theatre did not reach ethnic minorities or the most disadvantaged communities. Collections of poetry include
City Psalms (1992),
Propa Propaganda (1996), and
Too Black, Too Strong (2001).
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Obadiah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; PAUL R. RAABE, Obadiah: A New Translation with Introduction...95. Paul R. Raabe's commentary on Obadiah for the Anchor Bible is characterized...most apparent in R.'s examination of Obadiah's poetic "terseness," in which he...
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OBADIAH HAS A STRONG MESSAGE FOR NEED TO BECOME INVOLVED
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 10/12/2002; ; 700+ words
; Today, we consider Obadiah, but not the Obadiah whose writings are found among the works of those prophets...the names of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. This Obadiah was, in the ninth century B.C., employed at the court...
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Obadiah's warnings are still timely
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 9/30/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...neglected books of the Bible. This week: Obadiah, the shortest book in the Hebrew Scriptures...literature is the tiny book of the Prophet Obadiah, a mere 21 verses of sacred Scripture...18:3-16 tells us that there was an Obadiah who was a devout worshipper of God in...
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Joel and Obadiah: a Commentary.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...knowledge" (p. 22). Barton treats Obadiah, the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible...larger prophetic writings. Barton dates Obadiah's two parts to different times. He...preexilic, exilic, and postexilic dates for Obadiah 1-14, but joins the majority in dating...
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Beware the destructive sin of pride; Obadiah book shares lessons of Edom's fall.(NATION)(THE CAPITAL PULPIT)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...confidence and pride? In the book of Obadiah, we read the final chapter of a battle...confidence or pride. In the opening verses of Obadiah, the lone preacher pronounces the state...of pride? Warning No. 1: Isolation. Obadiah Verse 3 says, The pride of your heart...
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Amos, Obadiah, Jonah
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Amos, Obadiah, Jonah. By Billy K. Smith and Frank...reflected in Smith's treatment of Amos and Obadiah and Page's study of Jonah. In keeping...Eleven pages are assigned to Amos, six to Obadiah, and twenty to Jonah. While their discussion...
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Obadiah-Jonah-Micah in Canonical Context: The Nature of Prophetic Literature and Hermeneutics
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of observations concerning the books of Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah raise questions about...of observations concerning the books of Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah raise questions about...the prophetic corpus. The examples of Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah illustrate the fact...
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Obadiah and the Spirit Of Clogthorpe.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...The name of Sir George's coachman was Obadiah Murgatroyd - Lord Murgatroyd of t'Mills...away from Sir George Cayley's employ, Obadiah sought more congenial work. He found...as Heckmondwike, the millionaire Sir Obadiah, as he by now was, retired to the Palladian...
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Joel and Obadiah: A Commentary
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 10/1/2002; ; 589 words
; Joel and Obadiah: A Commentary by John Barton Old Testament...Barton offers a similar analysis of Obadiah, arguing that vv. 1-14, 15b comprise...indefinite future time. Both Joel and Obadiah depict the canonical development of Old...
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A Historical-critical Study of the Book of Obadiah
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Historical-critical Study of the Book of Obadiah (BZAW 242; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter...the most likely reading of the Book of Obadiah" as it now stands or communities "within...Ben Zvi contends that the Book of Obadiah was meant to be read as just that, an...
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Obadiah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Obadiah short prophetic book of the Bible. The prophet is otherwise unknown. The...apparently quoted in the Book of Joel. Bibliography: See H. W. Wolff, Obadiah and Jonah (1986); J. Limburg, Hosea-Micah (1988).
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Obadiah, Book of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Obadiah, Book of. Minor Prophet of the Hebrew scriptures and Christian Old Testament, the shortest book therein. The rabbis identified Obadiah with King Ahab's servant (1 Kings 18. 3–4), but this is unlikely.
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Obadiah, book of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Obadiah, book of One of the Minor Prophecies in the OT, though nothing is known of the prophet himself. It is the shortest book in the...
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Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob ( c. 1470–1550). Italian Jewish biblical commentator. After settling in Bologna, he practised medicine...
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Bertinoro, Obadiah ben Abraham Yare
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Bertinoro, Obadiah ben Abraham Yare ( c. 1450– c. 1516). Italian Jewish commentator on the Mishnah . His commentary on the Mishnah...
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