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Zephaniah: A Commentary (review)

With his commentary on Zephaniah in the Hermeneia series, Marvin Sweeney adds a further work to his previous comprehensive œuvre on the Prophets. Within the last few years, a number of commentaries on the book of Zephaniah have been published, differing considerably from one another both in methodology and in content. In the beginning (pp. 1–41), Sweeney offers a comprehensive summary of the different ancient text versions (the masoretic version; the LXX; the Scrolls from the Judean Desert [Nahal Hever Greek HevXIIGr; the Murabba‘at Scroll]; Targum, Peshitta, and several Old Latin Versions). The LXX version (and related manuscripts) shows only minor deviations as regards content from the Masoretic text (in my view, Sweeney overestimates the slight modification in the LXX version in Zep 2:1–4, especially when compared e.g. to the textual variants to be found in Isa 6:9f.). The Murabba‘at Scroll (Mur 888), too, represents an almost identical text and, thereby, provides evidence of the pre-masoretic textual tradition. In addition, Sweeney presents for each textual witness a comprehensive outline on its socio-historical setting, its textual features, and its viewpoint. More than in other commentaries on the