11 Recall from 1:1 that all of chapters 1-6 was revealed to Zechariah “in the eighth month of the second year of Darius.” 13 The word pechah, translated “governor” in 1:8, is a borrowed word, used for the Persian governors in Palestine in postexilic times See The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, p 503 14 Unfortunately, the revival res of Nehemiah’s earlier ministry (Neh 10:28-39) had by now died out 15 G Campbell Morgan, Voices of Twelve Hebrew Prophets, p 151 Another writer has commented, “The Book of Malachi ts the situation amid which Nehemiah worked as snugly as a bone ts its spcket” (J M P Smith, quoted in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 3:1970.) 16 Ralph Earle, Meet the Minor Prophets, p 105 17 This pattern has been called didacticdialectic, or dialogistic 18 Merrill F Unger, Unger’s Bible Handbook, p 449 19 W Graham Scroggie, Know Your Bible, 1:218 20 A recommended brief treatment includes Henry E Dosker, “Between the Testaments,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1:455-58 For more extensive discussion, consult Charles Pfei er, Between the Testaments; D S Russell, Between the Testaments; and F F Bruce, Israel and the Nations, pp 120-225 A description of the period, with many excellent maps, is given in The Macmillan Bible Atlas, pp 110-41, by the Jewish authors Johanan Aharon and Michael Avi-Yonah Appendix A APPENDIX B ... “Between the Testaments,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1:455-58 For more extensive discussion, consult Charles Pfei er, Between the Testaments; D S Russell, Between the Testaments;... Testaments; and F F Bruce, Israel and the Nations, pp 120-225 A description of the period, with many excellent maps, is given in The Macmillan Bible Atlas, pp 110-41, by the Jewish authors Johanan Aharon