Zephaniah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: September 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Zephaniah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. By Adele Berlin. AB 25A. New York: Doubleday, 1994, 165 pp., $29.00.

The little book of Zephaniah has not received the attention it deserves, and Adele Berlin's volume is a welcome addition to the literature on it. The commentary contains a couple of helpful maps, a useful bibliography, and indices for Scripture references, subjects and authors. The author also gives her own translation of Zephaniah. The question of the date is based on the data in the superscription: "the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah." Whether the ...

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