universe nature of man sin of man way of salvation; fellowship with God; and worship of God origins and early history of Israel; and prophecies of Israel in the end times philosophy of world history throughout all time prophecies of Christ daily conduct acceptable to God 10 qualities of acceptable service of God, including the mission of the evangel to lost souls VI SELECTED READING GENERAL INTRODUCTION Archer, Gleason L A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp 416-17 Earle, Ralph Meet the Minor Prophets Ellison, H L The Old Testament Prophets, pp 133-36 Freeman, Hobart E An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets, pp 347-55 Rendtorff, Rolf God’s History, pp 65-77 COMMENTARIES Baldwin, Joyce G Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi Goddard, Burton L “Malachi.” In The Wycliffe Bible Commentary Keil, Carl Frederich The Twelve Minor Prophets, vol Perowne, T T Malachi The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Robinson, George The Twelve Minor Prophets 1 The prophets also preached many, if not all, of the message they were divinely inspriced to write If Jeremiah’s prophecy (Jer 25:11-12; 29:10) is interpreted from an ecclesiastical standpoint, with the Temple as the key object, then the seventy-year period extended from the destruction of the Temple in 586 B.C to the year of completion of its reconstruction, which was 516 B.C Most of the dates of Chart 57 are those of John C Whitcomb’s chart, Old Testament Kings and Prophets J Mcllmoyle, “Haggai,” in The New Bible Commentary, p 743 Other factors, besides the Samaritans’ harassments, caused the Jews to stop working on the Temple Among these were: (1) the people’s earlier adjustment to worshiping without a temple when they were in Babylon; (2) their disillusionment upon returning, to nd mostly desolation, hostility, and hardship; (3) poverty resulting from failure of crops; (4) preoccupation with their own building projects (See Hobart E Freeman, An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets, p 329.) Verses 6-23 of chapter are parenthetical, referring to the Samaritans’ later opposition to building Jerusalem’s walls, during the reigns of Ahasuerus (486-464) and Artaxerxes (464-423) Gleason L Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, p 408 From Frank E Gaebelein, Four Minor Prophets, p 244 George L Robinson, “The Book of Zechariah,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5: 3136 10 Ezra 5:1 says Zechariah was a son of Iddo In Jewish terminology, “son of often had the wider designation of “descendant of.” It is possible that Berechiah died before Iddo, causing Ezra to identify Zechariah with the surviving ancestor of the priestly line ... with the Temple as the key object, then the seventy-year period extended from the destruction of the Temple in 586 B.C to the year of completion of its reconstruction, which was 516 B.C Most of the. .. ? ?The Book of Zechariah,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5: 3136 10 Ezra 5:1 says Zechariah was a son of Iddo In Jewish terminology, “son of often had the wider designation of. .. of the dates of Chart 57 are those of John C Whitcomb’s chart, Old Testament Kings and Prophets J Mcllmoyle, “Haggai,” in The New Bible Commentary, p 743 Other factors, besides the Samaritans’