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Fortress Commentary on the Bible

THE
OLD TESTAMENT
AND APOCRYPHA

Gale A. Yee

Hugh R. Page Jr.

Matthew J. M. Coomber

Editors

Fortress Press

Minneapolis

FORTRESS COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE: The Old Testament and Apocrypha

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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

Advisory Board: Walter Brueggemann, William R. Herzog II, Richard A. Horsley, Elisabeth Schssler Fiorenza, Gale A. Yee

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available

ISBN: 978-0-8006-9916-1

eISBN: 978-1-4514-8966-8

CONTENTS

Matthew J. M. Coomber

Hugh R. Page Jr.

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Sarah Shectman

Rodney S. Sadler Jr.

Thomas B. Dozeman

Robert Kugler

Karl N. Jacobson

Harold V. Bennett

Norman K. Gottwald

Pekka M. A. Pitknen

Victor H. Matthews

Gale A. Yee

Hugh S. Pyper

Gale A. Yee

Alejandro F. Botta

Katherine E. Southwood

Judy Fentress-Williams

Timothy J. Sandoval

Alissa Jones Nelson

W. Derek Suderman

Carole R. Fontaine

Micah D. Kiel

Hugh R. Page Jr.

Carol J. Dempsey, OP

Marvin A. Sweeney

Chris A. Franke

Kelly J. Murphy

Wilma Ann Bailey

Corrine L. Carvalho

Anathea E. Portier-Young

Alice A. Keefe

Ronald A. Simkins

M. Daniel Carroll R.

Joseph F. Scrivner

Matthew J. M. Coomber

Matthew J. M. Coomber

Wilhelm J. Wessels

Hugh R. Page Jr.

Jin Hee Han

J. Blake Couey

Amy Erickson

Richard J. Coggins and Jin Hee Han

Eileen M. Schuller

Micah D. Kiel

Corrine L. Carvalho

Vivian Johnson

Emerson B. Powery

Stacy Davis

Karina Martin Hogan

Patricia K. Tull

Lawrence M. Wills

Lawrence M. Wills

Nyasha Junior

Lawrence M. Wills

Michael S. Moore

Michael S. Moore

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Christopher Frechette

Christopher Frechette

Samuel I. Thomas

Robin Darling Young

Samuel I. Thomas

Volume Editors

Gale A. Yee

Nancy W. King Professor of Biblical Studies

Episcopal Divinity School

Ruth

1, 2 Kings

Hugh R. Page Jr.

Associate Professor of Theology and Africana Studies

Vice President, Associate Provost, and Dean of the First Year of Studies

University of Notre Dame

The People of God and the Peoples of the Earth

Song of Songs

Habakkuk

Matthew J. M. Coomber

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

St. Ambrose University

Reading the Old Testament in Ancient and Contemporary Contexts

Jonah

Micah

Wilma Ann Bailey

Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic Scripture

Christian Theological Seminary

Lamentations

Harold V. Bennett

President and Dean

Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary

Deuteronomy

Alejandro F. Botta

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible

Boston University School of Theology

1, 2 Chronicles

M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas)

Distinguished Professor of Old Testament

Denver Seminary

Amos

Corrine L. Carvalho

Professor of Hebrew Bible

University of St. Thomas

Ezekiel

Judith

Richard J. Coggins

Emeritus Lecturer in Old Testament

Kings College London

Malachi

J. Blake Couey

Assistant Professor of Religion

Gustavus Adolphus College

Haggai

Stacy Davis

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Coordinator, Gender and Womens Studies

Saint Marys College

Sirach

Carol J. Dempsey, OP

Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies)

University of Portland

Themes and Perspectives in the Prophets: Truth, Tragedy, Trauma

Thomas B. Dozeman

Professor of Old Testament

United Theological Seminary

Exodus

Amy Erickson

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible

Iliff School of Theology

Zechariah

Judy Fentress-Williams

Professor of Old Testament

Virginia Theological Seminary

Esther

Carole R. Fontaine

Taylor Professor of Biblical Theology and History

Andover Newton Theological School

Proverbs

Chris A. Franke

Professor of Bible and Theology Emerita

St. Catherine University

Isaiah 4066

Christopher Frechette

Assistant Professor of Old Testament

Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

Prayer of Manasseh

Psalm 151

Norman K. Gottwald

Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus

New York Theological Seminary

Themes and Perspectives in the Historical Writings

Jin Hee Han

Professor of Biblical Studies

New York Theological Seminary

Zephaniah

Malachi

Karina Martin Hogan

Associate Professor of Bible and Christianity in Antiquity

Fordham University

Baruch

Karl N. Jacobson

Teaching Pastor

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Edina, MN

Numbers

Vivian Johnson

Professor of Old Testament

United Theological Seminary

Esther (The Greek Additions)

Nyasha Junior

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Howard University School of Divinity

Susanna

Alice A. Keefe

Professor of Religious Studies

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

Hosea

Micah D. Kiel

Associate Professor of Theology

St. Ambrose University

Ecclesiastes

Tobit

Robert Kugler

Paul S. Wright Professor of Christian Studies

Lewis and Clark College

Leviticus

Victor H. Matthews

Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs

Missouri State University

Judges

Michael S. Moore

Faculty Associate in Old Testament

Fuller Theological Seminary

1, 2 Maccabees

Kelly J. Murphy