Zechariah 1-8 is a deeply intertextual work which takes up formerly disparate streams of tradition - especially various elements of what it calls ‘the former prophets' - and creatively combines these traditions, in applying them to a post-exilic context. This fact means that Zechariah 1-8 is situated in a dual context - the literary context of ‘the former prophets', and the historical context of the early post-exilic period. This work seeks to understand Zechariah 1-8 in the light of...
Zechariah 1-8 is a deeply intertextual work which takes up formerly disparate streams of traditionespecially various elements of what it calls 'the former prophets'and creatively combines these traditions, in applying them to a post-exilic context.
1 Introduction2 Approach and Methodology3 Dating Zechariah 1-8 and 'the Former Prophets'4 Zechariah 1-25 Zechariah 3-4 and 6:9-156 Zechariah 5:1-6:87 Zechariah 7-88 Conclusions