Journal of Biblical Literature, April 1st, 2001
Nahum, by Klaas Spronk. Historical Commentary on the Old Testament. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1997. Pp. iod + 153. N.P.
This volume follows the approach of the recently inaugurated Historical Commentary on the Old Testament series by seeking to place the book of Nahum both within its own historical context and within the history of its interpretation. Spronk attributes the prophetic book to an author writing ca. 650 B.C.E., who used the pseudonym Nahum to indicate his intention to "comfort" the Israelites in the face of Assyrian oppression. He appears to have drawn upon Assyrian royal texts, Israel...
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