Jonathan Gibson (Ph.D., Cambridge University, UK) is Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, USA.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: The Core of Malachi’s Imagination2. Methodology3. "I Have Loved You": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Patriarchal Covenant4. "I Will Curse Your Blessings": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Levitical Covenant5. "Did He Not Make Them One?": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Marriage Covenant6. “Who Can Endure the Day of His Coming?”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the New Covenant7. “If I Will Not Open the Windows of Heaven”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Mosaic Covenant8. “They Will Be My Special Possession”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to Covenant Renewal9. “Turning Hearts”: Covenant Continuity and Fidelity (Malachi 3.22-24[4.4-6])10. Conclusion: “For I, YHWH, Do Not Change”BibliographyIndex

The detailed exegetical study adds to extant scholarship a focused discussion of inner-biblical allusion. The chapters are well structured and take the reader step-by-step, following Gibson’s rationale, from an in-depth text-critical analysis through to interpretation … Gibson’s work will serve the research community well for its comprehensive and engaging investigation.

Jonathan Gibson (Ph.D., Cambridge University, UK) is Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, USA.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: The Core of Malachi’s Imagination2. Methodology3. "I Have Loved You": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Patriarchal Covenant4. "I Will Curse Your Blessings": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Levitical Covenant5. "Did He Not Make Them One?": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Marriage Covenant6. “Who Can Endure the Day of His Coming?”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the New Covenant7. “If I Will Not Open the Windows of Heaven”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Mosaic Covenant8. “They Will Be My Special Possession”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to Covenant Renewal9. “Turning Hearts”: Covenant Continuity and Fidelity (Malachi 3.22-24[4.4-6])10. Conclusion: “For I, YHWH, Do Not Change”BibliographyIndex

The detailed exegetical study adds to extant scholarship a focused discussion of inner-biblical allusion. The chapters are well structured and take the reader step-by-step, following Gibson’s rationale, from an in-depth text-critical analysis through to interpretation … Gibson’s work will serve the research community well for its comprehensive and engaging investigation.

Jonathan Gibson (Ph.D., Cambridge University, UK) is Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, USA.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: The Core of Malachi’s Imagination2. Methodology3. "I Have Loved You": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Patriarchal Covenant4. "I Will Curse Your Blessings": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Levitical Covenant5. "Did He Not Make Them One?": Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Marriage Covenant6. “Who Can Endure the Day of His Coming?”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the New Covenant7. “If I Will Not Open the Windows of Heaven”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Mosaic Covenant8. “They Will Be My Special Possession”: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to Covenant Renewal9. “Turning Hearts”: Covenant Continuity and Fidelity (Malachi 3.22-24[4.4-6])10. Conclusion: “For I, YHWH, Do Not Change”BibliographyIndex

The detailed exegetical study adds to extant scholarship a focused discussion of inner-biblical allusion. The chapters are well structured and take the reader step-by-step, following Gibson’s rationale, from an in-depth text-critical analysis through to interpretation … Gibson’s work will serve the research community well for its comprehensive and engaging investigation.