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나훔서, 하박국서, 스바냐서의 메시지의 연관성 : 하박국의 불평과 야웨의 답변을 중심으로 = Message connections in the Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah : focusing on Habakkuk’s complaints and YHWH’s answers
The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between the messages of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, focusing on Habakkuk’s two complaints and YHWH’s two responses. For this purpose, Habakkuk’s two complaints and YHWH’s two responses are analyzed, and based on this analysis, the content, structure, and expressions of the books of Nahum and Zephaniah are analyzed, and the following conclusions are obtained. First, Habakkuk’s first complaint and YHWH’s answer are closely related to the messages of the book of Nahum. Habakkuk lamented and complained to YHWH, saying, ‘The wicked persecute the righteous, but YHWH is indifferent.’ To this, YHWH responded that he would raise up the Chaldeans to judge them. However, nowhere in the book of Habakkuk is there any mention of the judgment of the wicked through the Chaldeans. Rather, the judgment of the wicked through the Chaldeans is mentioned in detail in the book of Nahum. In this respect, the book of Nahum can be seen as reinforcing Habakkuk’s complaint and YHWH's answer. Second, Habakkuk's second complaint and YHWH’s answer are closely related to the messages of Zephaniah. Habakkuk complained, saying, ‘Holy YHWH is indifferent when the wicked persecute the righteous,’ and YHWH emphasized the importance of faith, saying, ‘The righteous will live by faith.’ However, these issues of holiness and faith are not mentioned at all in the book of Habakkuk. Rather, the issue of Jewish holiness and faith is mentioned in detail in the book of Zephaniah, placed after the book of Habakkuk. In this respect, the book of Zephaniah can be said to be a supplementary explanation to Habakkuk’s second complaint and YHWH’s answer. This connection is quite possible because the books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah were written around 620 BCE and they are placed consecutively in the Twelve Minor Prophets. In this respect, this study will be of great help in studying the messages of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah.