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    <namePart>Verhoef, Pieter A.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1987</dateIssued>
    <copyrightDate encoding="marc">1987</copyrightDate>
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    <extent>xxv, 364 pages.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>The book of Haggai. Introduction -- The prophet -- Authorship -- Unity -- Style -- Text -- Structural analysis -- Historical background -- Message -- Analysis of contents -- Rebuilding the ruined temple (1:1-15a) -- The promised glory of the new temple (1:15b-2:9) -- Blessings for a defiled people (2:10-19) -- Zerubbabel, the Lord's chosen signet ring (2:20-23) -- The book of Malachi. Introduction -- Significance and contents -- Title and author -- Date -- Historical background -- Composition and structure -- Unity and authenticity -- Style -- Text -- Canonicity -- Structural analysis -- Message -- Heading (1:1) -- God's love for Israel (1:2-5) -- God demands pure offerings (1:6-14) -- The priesthood in the balance (2:1-9) -- God's concern with the marriages of his people (2:10-16) -- The day of judgment (2:17-3:5) -- Robbing God (3:6-12) -- Antithesis between righteous and wicked (3:13-21 [Eng. 4:3]) -- Moses and Elijah (3:22-24 [Eng. 4:4-6]).</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Pieter A. Verhoef.</note>
  <note>Includes indexes.</note>
  <note>Bibliography: page xv-xxv.</note>
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    <topic>Commentaries</topic>
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      <title>Bible<partName>Malachi</partName></title>
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    <topic>Commentaries</topic>
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