Habakkuk: A New Translation With Introduction and Commentary

Habakkuk: A New Translation With Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)

The book of Habakkuk (one of the twelve Minor Prophets) is an intensely personal testimony
played out against a highly political backdrop. Writing as his land and his fellow Israelites were being invaded and plundered by the Chaldeans, Habakkuk questions Godâ€™s actions with a passion equal to Jobâ€™s. Habakkuk wonders, how can a God who is just and compassionate allow his people to be slaughtered? In trying to punish the Israelites and right the wrongs of his people, why did God choose the savage, infinitely more wicked Chaldeans as his instrument? The puzzles Habakkuk contemplates will stir the hearts and minds of anyone who has ever wrestled with the evils of existence. Francis I. Andersen, a well-known authority on the Minor Prophets and acclaimed for his pioneering work in the study of biblical Hebrew, examines Habakkuk both as a work of sophisticated theological inquiry and as an artistic creation. The result is a book that illuminates the nuances of the text and brings to life the culture and values of the ancient Israelites through a compelling portrait of one the Bibleâ€™s most fascinating and most elusive prophets.

Habakkuk: A New Translation With Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)