Book of Zechariah

  • Lamentations
  • Baruch including letter of Jeremiah
  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micha
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi

Zechariah or Zachariah (Hebrew זְכַרְיָה בֶּן - בֶּרֶכְיָה בֶּן - עִדּוֹ הַנָּבִיא ) is called one of the Biblical prophets, whose writings belong to the Twelve Prophets of the Tanakh and the Old Testament. Zechariah belongs together with the books of Haggai and Malachi to the post-exilic prophetic books.

The author

The prophet Zechariah, after which the book is named, is called in Greek and Latin Bible Zacharias. Zechariah was active in the period shortly after the Babylonian exile (probably from -520 ) in Jerusalem and was a contemporary of the prophet Haggai. According to Chap. 1,1 He was the son and grandson of Iddo Berachiah. So he came from a priestly family and was probably even priests. At the time of the high priest Zechariah Jehoiachin was the head of his family.

Dating

The first part of the book of the prophet (Zechariah 1-8 ) is generally attributed to a prophet of the same name. Zechariah has the first vision in the eighth month of the second year of King Darius I, so in October / November 520 BC - two months after the appearance of the prophet Haggai ( Haggai 1:1), at the time of Jerusalem's restoration, written.

At the time of origin of chapters 9-14, there are different classifications:

  • Traditionally, Zechariah, 6th Century BC
  • A writer for 9-14, dating after 500 BC
  • Today, most researchers assume a dichotomy ago: Zech. 9-11 and 12-14 and go into the dating to the Hellenistic period (4th - 3rd century BC)

Content structure of the book

  • The visions of Zechariah (depending on count seven or eight) Call to repentance ( 1:1-6 )
  • Vision of the Horse ( 1.7 to 17 )
  • The four horns and four smiths ( 2:1-4 )
  • The true High Priest ( 3:1-10 )
  • Candlesticks and olive trees, the two sons of oil ( 4.1 to 14 )
  • The flying scroll and the woman in the bushel measure ( 5:1-11 )
  • The four chariots ( 6:1-8 )
  • The Messianic time ( 6.8 to 8.23 ​​)
  • Punish the neighboring nations ( 9:1-8 )
  • Redemption of Israel ( 9.9 to 17 )
  • Gathering of Israel from exile ( 10.1 to 12 )
  • The punishment of the faithless shepherds of the people ( 11.1 to 17 )
  • Not Jerusalem and salvation ( 12.1 to 13.9 )
  • The Lord's Day ( 14.1 to 21 )

Special Contents

  • The emphasis of this book is on the cycle of seven visions in the first part ( 1.7 to 6.15 ). The meaning of these visions will remain closed to the Prophet, whereupon an angel unto him in conversation the respective vision explains ( Angelus interpres ). Property 4.6 ELB: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit.
  • Zechariah 9:9: But thou, O daughter of Zion, Rejoice greatly, and you, O daughter of Jerusalem Shout, O! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt the foal of. This Messianic prophecy is par in the New Testament in Mark 11:1-11 EU. picked up and with the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem as fulfilled announced; This is celebrated in Christianity on Palm Sunday.
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