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Name: Book of Zephaniah
Author: the Prophet Zephaniah
Dating: 7th century BCE
Book of Zephaniah:
The book of Zephaniah is one of the "minor prophets," and among the eight which were
written before the exile to Babylon. According to legend, Zephaniah was a descendant of
king Hezekiah and he seems to have written during the reign of king Josiah, ruler of the
southern kingdom of Judah during the 7th century BCE.
Josiah had instituted a variety of reforms designed to restore pure worship of Yahweh to Judah. Nevertheless, Zephaniah had a long list of sins which he complained about - corruption, exploitation of the poor, adoption of non-Jewish customs, etc. He did, however, believe that everything would be restored and that even the gentiles would be converted. At the same time, however, he also depicted the Day of Judgment which would face those who failed to uphold God's commandments.
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