Mark J. Boda
Autor de Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets (IVP Bible Dictionary)
Sobre El Autor
Mark J. Boda (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College. He is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books, including the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets (coedited with Gordon McConville) and commentaries on Haggai, Zechariah, 1-2 mostrar más Chronicles, and Judges. mostrar menos
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Obras de Mark J. Boda
After God's Own Heart: The Gospel According to David (The Gospel According to the Old Testament) (2007) 217 copias
'Return To Me': A Biblical Theology of Repentance (New Studies in Biblical Theology) (2015) 135 copias
The Heartbeat of Old Testament Theology: Three Creedal Expressions (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology) (2017) 56 copias
Judges: A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible (7) (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament) (2022) 28 copias
Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 2: The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (Early Judaism and… (2007) 27 copias
Seeking the Favor of God, Vol. I: The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (Early Judaism and Its… (2006) 27 copias
Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 3: The Impact of Penitential Prayer beyond Second Temple Judaism (Early Judaism and… (2008) 14 copias
Daughter Zion: Her Portrait, Her Response (Society of Biblical Literature. Ancient Israel and Its Liter) (2012) 13 copias
The Words of the Wise Are Like Goads: Engaging Qoheleth in the 21st Century (2013) — Editor; Contribuidor — 10 copias
Tradition in transition Haggai and Zechariah 1-8 in the trajectory of Hebrew theology (2008) 8 copias
1 Chronicles & 2 Chronicles 7 copias
Unity and Disunity in Ezra-Nehemiah: Redaction, Rhetoric, and Reader (2008) — Editor; Contribuidor — 6 copias
Exploring Zechariah, Volume 1: The Development of Zechariah and Its Role within the Twelve (Ancient Near East… (2017) 4 copias
Exploring Zechariah, Volume 2: The Development and Role of Biblical Traditions in Zechariah (Ancient Near East… (2017) 4 copias
Inner Biblical Allusion Poetry Of Wisdom (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) (2020) 1 copia
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Christian Mission: Old Testament Foundations and New Testament Developments (2010) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
Prayer and Poetry in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature: Essays in Honor of Eileen Schuller on the Occasion of… (2011) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
Yahwism After the Exile: Perspectives on Israelite Religion in the Persian Era (Studies in Theology and Religion) (2003) — Contribuidor — 4 copias
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If interpreters, while handling an OT text find it appropriate to engage with their fellow commentators, whether contemporary or ancient, how much more would it seem necessary for these same interpreters to also comment on those NT texts that make direct quotation or allusion to it?
The response to the above queries is at best ambivalent if one reads Mark J. Boda’s 2016 commentary on the book of Zechariah. Apart from a brief paragraph entitled “Zechariah For Today” (pg. 44), Boda largely eschews making any messianic references in his commentary proper. At various points, he expresses his apprehension of characterizing Zechariah’s vision reports as eschatological (pgs. 102, 211):
“ … there are reasons to see in Zechariah’s vision reports some of the ingredients that will be key components of the later apocalyptic form, it is not helpful to emphasize the connection, since the reading strategy associated with the later form cannot be imposed on the earlier form [vision reports that relate to recent events] without falling into anachronistic error”. (pg. 102, see also n.123)
Such warning is perspicacious and prudent, as Boda demonstrates trenchantly the historical groundings and relevance of the prophet’s message to its late sixth to the mid-5th century audience. Questions remain, however, whether interpreters of OT prophetic texts are inescapably caught between mutually exclusive quandaries of imminent visions and apocalypses. Given his rather restrictive definition of “eschatological” (pg. 211), it is apparent that Boda sees the answer in the affirmative.
Apart from the above, Boda’s commentary on the Book of Zechariah is another (after his 2004 NIVAC) important contribution to the study of this prophetic book. He offers often exhaustive references to words used in other parts of the OT. His expert translation, explication of textual relationships, cogent exegesis and fair interactions with recent commentators are invaluable resources.
One cannot help after reading this substantial commentary but feel thankful and musing at the same time. There is an urge to turn to those quotations in the NT and ask: “what about …?” Were these NT writers mistaken? For a commentary in a series that claims its affiliation, and by inference its readership, in “evangelicalism”, there is an interpretative void yet to be filled.… (más)