Zechariah

Leslie J. Hoppe is the emeritus professor of biblical studies at Catholic Theological Union (Chicago). He is the general editor of The Bible Today and was the general editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly. He has served as the president of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research and the Catholic Biblical Association of America. Fr. Hoppe has been a Franciscan friar since 1962 and a Roman Catholic priest since 1971.

• ContentsList of Abbreviations   viiList of Contributors   xiForeword: “Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]”   xiiiAthalya Brenner-IdanEditor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25)   xviiBarbara E. Reid, OPAuthor’s Introduction: Visions of a New Day   xxxviiZechariah 1:1-21   Visions of New Possibilities   1Zechariah 2:1-13   Daughter Zion   35Zechariah 3:1-10   Restoring the Priesthood   51Zechariah 4:1-14   Leadership for a New Day   67Zechariah 5:1-11   Flights of Fancy   81Zechariah 6:1-15   Envisioning the Future   99Zechariah 7:1-14   Creating New Possibilities   109Zechariah 8:1-23   Creating a Just Community   121Zechariah 9–14      Introduction   141Zechariah 9:1-17   YHWH and Daughter Zion   147 Zechariah 10:1-12  Returning Home   167Zechariah 11:1-17  When Leadership Fails   179Zechariah 12:1-14  Women and the Survival of the Jewish Community   191Zechariah 13:1-9   On That Day   207Zechariah 14:1-21  A Universal Vision  221Conclusion: The Legacy of Zechariah  239Works Cited   243Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings   263Index of Subjects   271Index of Hebrew and Aramaic Words   279