ZECHARIAH AND HIS VISIONS

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Andrew Mein is Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of Durham UK.Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently cogeneral editor of the LHBOTS series as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.Dr LenaSofia Tiemeyer is Reader at the University of Aberdeen Scotland UK. She has written widely on the prophetic literature including two fulllength monographs on aspects of Isaiah Ezekiel and Zechariah.It offers a new reading of Zech 1:86:8 that allows for the possibility that the text is an account of a visionary experience.It provides indepth discussions of key exegetical problems in the Hebrew text of Zech 1:86:8 and proposes sound solutions.It highlights the rhetorical impact of the literary genre of the vision report.Dr LenaSofia Tiemeyer is Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible University of Aberdeen UK.Did Zechariah really see visions? This question cannot be definitely answered so the idea must remain a hypothesis. Here Tiemeyer shows that this hypothesis is nonetheless reasonable and instrumental in shedding light on matters in Zechariahs vision report that are otherwise unclear. Tracking through each verse of the text the key exegetical problems are covered including the topics of the distinction between visions and dreams dream classification conflicting sources of evidence for dream experiences and rhetorical imagery as opposed to dream experience. Further attention is focused on the transmission of the divine message to Zechariah with the key question raised of whether a visual or oral impression is described. Tiemeyers study further demonstrates that Zech 16 depicts a threetier reality. This description seeks to convey the seers visionary experience to his readers. In a trance state Zechariah communicates with the Interpreting Angel while also receiving glimpses of a deeper reality known as the śvisionary world.An exploration of the consequences of interpreting Zechariahs vision report as reflecting the seers visionary experience.ContentsPrefaceAbbreviationsPreliminary MattersIntroduction Chapter 1: Dreams and Visions in the Hebrew BibleChapter 2: Dreams and Visions in Ancient Near Eastern TextsChapter 3: Visions and CultureChapter 4: The Structure of Zechariahs Vision ReportChapter 5: The Account of Zechariahs First Vision (Zechariah 1:811)Chapter 6: The Account of Zechariahs Second Vision (Zechariah 2:14 [Eng. 1:1821])Chapter 7: The Account of Zechariahs Third Vision (Zech 2:59 [Eng. 2:15])Chapter 8: The Account of Zechariahs Fourth Vision (Zech 3:110)Chapter 9: The Account of Zechariahs Fifth Vision (Zech 4:114)Chapter 10: The Account of Zechariahs Sixth Vision (Zech 5:14)Chapter 11: The Account of Zechariahs Seventh Vision (Zech 5:511)Chapter 12: The Account of Zechariahs Eighth Vision (Zech 6:18)Concluding RemarksBibliographyIndex

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