Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah

The Rev. Dr. Wilda (Wil) Gafney is an associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School where she prepares students undertaking a first master’s degree in religion seeking to serve in a variety of social and ecclesial settings, and students seeking the PhD in Hebrew biblical studies. She is the recipient of the Catherine Saylor Hill Faculty Excellence award. Dr. Gafney is the author of Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel and the forthcoming Womanist Midrash: A ReIntroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne.Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).Carol J. Dempsey, OP is professor of biblical studies at the University of Portland, Oregon, with special expertise in Old Testament and prophets. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America, and has authored several books including Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth (Liturgical Press, 2007) and Reading the Bible, Transforming Conflict.

"Dr. Gafney uses her wide-ranging exegetical skills to make these biblical texts come alive in a new way. Consequently, the questions addressed in these books resonate with our own questions today, making this work indispensable to those who study, teach, or proclaim a word of hope from these ancient texts."Cheryl B. Anderson, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

• Contents  List of AbbreviationsList of ContributorsForeword: “Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]”  - Athalya Brenner-IdanEditor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) - Barbara E. Reid, OP  NahumAuthor’s Introduction Nahum’s Troubling God: When God Is Not Worthy Nahum 1:1-11 Nahum’s God Is Not the God of My Ancestors Nahum 1:12–2:13[14] Good News to Judah, Devastating News to Nineveh Nahum 3:1-19 The Rape of Nineveh: A Girl Child Ain’t Safe Conclusion: Contextual Hermeneutics: A Womanist Reading of Nahum: Nahum’s God Is Not My God  HabakkukAuthor’s Introduction The Prophet Who Talks Back Habakkuk 1:1–2:6 The Prophet Who Talks Back and the God Who Hears Habakkuk 2:6-20 Proclamations of Woe: The Bad News Blues Habakkuk 3:1-19 Habakkuk’s Hymn, “Holy One, I Have Heard . . .” Conclusion: Contextual Hermeneutics: How Long, Holy One?  ZephaniahAuthor’s Introduction A Cataclysm Is Coming: Where You Gonna Run? Zephaniah 1:1-9 Zephaniah and the Day of YHWH: Sea, Won’t You Hide Me? Zephaniah 1:10–2:15 The Day of YHWH Is at Hand: Where You Gonna Run All on That Day? Zephaniah 3:1-20 Daughter Zion, Daughter Jerusalem: God’s Daughter, Safely Home Contextual Hermeneutics: A Rabbi and a Priest, Daughters of Zion Conclusion: Post-Apocalyptic Afterword  Nahum Works CitedHabakkuk Works CitedZephaniah Works CitedIndex of Scripture References and Other Ancient WritingsIndex of Subjects