Commentaries on Zephaniah

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Order of Contents

Commentaries  5
Early Church  5
Jewish  1
Chapters  1


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Commentaries on Zephaniah

Introductory, Brief

Bennett, T. Miles – Books of Nahum & Zephaniah  Buy  (Baker, 1968)  102 pp.

‘Contains an excellent treatment of the historical sections of these books.  Amillennial.’ – Cyril J. Barber

Young, E.J. – ‘Zephaniah’  in ed. Carl Henry, The Biblical Expositor: The Living Theme of the Great Book with General & Introductory Essays & Exposition, 1 vol. ed. (1960; A.J. Holman, 1973), pp. 736-44

This little known commentary set by leading evangelicals (many of which were reformed) is brief (think airplane view) but helpful.

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Intermediate

1500’s

Luther, Martin – ‘Lectures on Zephaniah’  in Lectures on the Minor Prophets, vol. 1  in Luther’s Works  ed. Hilton C. Oswald  (Concordia, 1973), pp. 319-66

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1800’s

Douglas, George – The Six Intermediate Minor Prophets: Zephaniah  in Hand-Books for Bible Classes, eds. Dods & Whyte

Douglas (1826-1904) was a Hebraist in the Free Church of Scotland, having studied under Thomas Chalmers and came to be a Principle of the Free Church College.  “He was a scholarly conservative, skeptical of higher critical views.” – DoSCH&T

Hengstenberg, E.W. – ‘Messianic Predictions in Zephaniah’  in The Christology of the Old Testament  (1856), vol. 2, pp. 355-60


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The Early Church on Zephaniah

Compilations

Ferreiro, Alberto – Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: The Twelve Prophets  Buy

Coggins, Richard & Jin H. Han – Six [Last] Minor Prophets Through the Centuries  (Blackwell, 2011)  290 pp.

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Individuals

Jerome – Commentaries on the 12 Prophets, vol. 1 (Buy), 2 (Pre)  in Ancient Christian Texts

Jerome (c. 342–347 – 420)

Theodore of Mopsuestia – ‘Commentary on the Prophet Zephaniah’  in Commentary on the Twelve Prophets  trans. Robert C. Hill  in Fathers of the Church  (Catholic University of America Press, 2004), pp. 286-305

Theodore (c. 350 – 428)

Cyril of Alexandria – ‘Commentary on the Prophet Zephaniah’  in Commentary on the Twelve Prophets, 3 vols.  trans. Robert C. Hill  in Fathers of the Church  (Catholic University of America Press, 2007), vol. 3, pp. 5-60

Cyril (c. 376 – 444)

Theodoret of Cyrus – Commentary on the Twelve Prophets  Ref  (Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2006)  378 pp.

Theodoret (c. 393 – c. 458/466)


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Jewish Commentary

Rashi – On Zephaniah  at Patristic Bible Commentary


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On Chapters on Zephaniah

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Zephaniah 2

Puritan

Perkins, William – A Faithful & Plain Exposition upon Zephaniah 2, containing a Powerful Exhortation to Repentance, as also the Manner how Men in Repentance are to Search Themselves  (d. 1602)  143 pp.

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