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Unlocking the Book of Zechariah

The book of Zechariah occupies center stage on multiple fronts in the study of the biblical prophets. It is at once a crucial resource for reconstructing the social world of the Early Persian period and the reckoning with Persian imperialism, a barometer for gauging the reception history of monarchic-era Israelite literary traditions, and a forum for evaluating the nexus between prophecy and the scribal craft. In this last sense, the book of Zechariah plays triple-duty. The literary relationship between its major and distinct component parts (Zechariah 1–8 and 9–14) has long received scholarly attention, as has its uneasy relationship with the book of Haggai. But the book of Zechariah also holds a special position in the study of the Book of the Twelve (Hosea–Malachi), raising serious questions about the redaction-history of that work. Finally, the book of Zechariah has factored significantly into the study of the origins of apocalyptic thought and writing in ancient Judaism, with many scholars