Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve

Born 1989; 2011 BA in Biblical Text from Abilene Christian University; 2015 MDiv, Abilene Christian University; 2016 MA in Old Testament, Abilene Christian University; 2021 PhD in Religion, Baylor University; Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Baylor Interdisciplinary Core at Baylor University.

• CHAPTER ONE: Introduction and History of ScholarshipLooking Forward - Definition of the Project - One Book or Twelve Books - History of Scholarship on the Diachronic Development of the Book of the Twelve - History of Scholarship on the Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany - Methodology - The Need for This StudyCHAPTER TWO: Sifting through the layers of the TwelveThe Formation of the Book of the Twelve - The Most Relevant Layers of the TwelveCHAPTER THREE: Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Persian Era. Reshaping of the Embedded Historiography of the Twelve—NahumThe Literary-Historical Setting of Nahum - Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Shaping of NahumCHAPTER FOUR: Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Persian Era Reshaping of the Embedded Historiography of the Twelve—HabakkukThe Literary-Historical Setting of the Book of Habakkuk - The Hymn of Habakkuk (Hab 3) - War and Woe: The Divine Warrior in Habakkuk's Woe Oracles - The Role of the Hymn and the Motifs of the Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Shaping of Habakkuk - Nahum and Habakkuk and the Shaping of the TwelveCHAPTER FIVE: Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Persian Era Reshaping of the Embedded Historiography of the Twelve—The Book of the FourZephaniah and the Newly Minted Seventh Century Sub-Collection - Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany and the Reshaping of the Eighth Century Sub-Collection - The Book of the Four and the Evolving Book of the TwelveCHAPTER SIX: The Twelve as a Response to the Shortcomings of HistoriesSummary of Findings - Alternative Historiographies to the Long Sixth Century - The Contributions of This Study