The Book of the Twelve Prophets in Biblical Scholarship
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
11/18/2022
Room TBD
This year we will begin a new topic on “Change and the Book of the Twelve.” Prophets spoke and wrote with the purpose of eliciting responses from their audiences. This makes change one of the pivotal features of the prophetic phenomenon. Our research group wishes to explore this phenomenon as it pertains to the Book of the Twelve. Several questions might be asked. What kinds of change does the Twelve envision? What trajectories of change are traced in the Book of the Twelve? How is change engendered, and what role did prophets have in this? Who is targeted for change, and why? What are the political, social, economic, theological, and psychological dimensions of change? How do “characters” within the Twelve change? How does the concept of change inform an understanding of God? How does it inform the depiction of the past and frame the depiction of the future? For more information, please contact Beth M. Stovell (bstovell@ambrose.edu), George Athas (George.athas@moore.edu.au), and Daniel Timmer (Daniel.timmer@prts.edu).
Daniel Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Presiding (5 min)
Beth Stovell, Ambrose University and Daniel Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Change and the Book of the Twelve (30 min)
Amy N. Allan, Wheaton College
From Fiery Anger to Exuberant Joy: The Rhetorical Purpose of Depicting God with Emotions in the Book of the Four (30 min)
David Zamora, Wheaton College
Leadership in Zechariah as a model for social change: Janzen’s paradigms and Latin America’s future (30 min)
Roundtable Discussion (25 min)
This year we will continue to explore the theme of “Empire, Power, and Politics in the Twelve.”
- Beth Stovell, Ambrose University College and Seminary, Welcome (5 min)
- Daniel Somboonsiri, Wheaton College
Micah 3:9–4:12 as Social Imagination (25 min)
- Discussion (5 min)
- David Fuller, McMaster Divinity College
Habakkuk as ‘Hinge’ between Nahum and Zephaniah: Thematic Connections and Editorial Arrangement (25 min)
- Discussion (5 min)
- George Athas, Moore Theological College
One God and One Nation: The Unity of Israel in the Face of Imperial Politics and Internal Division (25 min)
- Discussion (5 min)
- Roundtable Discussion (25 min)
This year we will continue to explore the theme of “Empire, Power, and Politics in the Twelve.”
- Colin Toffelmire, Ambrose University College, Presiding
- George Athas, Moore Theological College
Empire, Power, and Politics in the Twelve: Setting the Scene (20 min)
- Discussion (10 min)
- Joel Barker, Heritage College & Seminary
The Place of Zion in the Political Landscape of the Twelve (20 min)
- Discussion (10 min)
- Daniel Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Empires, Power, and Politics across the Twelve: YHWH, National Identity, and Destiny (20 min)
- Discussion
This year we will continue to explore the theme of “Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve” with invited papers.
-
Beth Stovell, Ambrose University College and Seminary, Presiding
-
Heath Thomas, Oklahoma Baptist University
Hope through Human Trafficking? Theodicy in Joel 4:4–8 (30 min)
-
Michael Floyd, Independent Scholar
The Hope of Habakkuk in the Anthropocene Age (30 min)
-
Grace Ko, Tyndale University College and Seminary (Ontario)
Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve (30 min)
-
Discussion (20 min)
This year we will continue to explore the theme of “Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve.” We welcome paper submissions using diverse methods, as well as papers that focus on the analysis of texts (of whatever scope) within the Twelve. Papers will be circulated to the group by 15 September 2016. During the session itself presenters will provide a short (10 mins) synopsis of their papers, followed by an extended time of discussion.
-
Colin Toffelmire, Ambrose University, Presiding
-
Daniel Timmer, FTE-Acadia University
‘Ah, Assyria (Is No More)!’ Retribution, Theodicy, and Hope in Nahum (25 min)
-
Anthony Pyles, McMaster Divinity College
‘Esau have I Hated,’ but what of Edom? Ethnic Identity and Unpardonable Sins in the Twelve (25 min)
-
David Fuller, McMaster Divinity College
The Triumph of Hope in Habakkuk (25 min)
-
George Athas, Moore Theological College
The Failure of Davidic Hope? Configuring Theodicy in Zechariah and Malachi in Support of a Davidic Kingdom (25 min)
-
Discussion (10 min)
