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Meredith Kline has argued that the entire book of Zechariah is organized as a pair of \u201cdiptychs,\u201d each of which \u201chinges\u201d on a passage about the work of the King-Shepherd of Israel.\u00a0 The entire book itself, moreover,\u00a0 is a diptych, hinging around the crowning of Joshua in Zechariah 6:9-15.\u00a0 Below I present Kline\u2019s conclusions in outline form. <\/p>\n
A. First \u201cDiptych,\u201d 1:1-6:8 <\/p>\n
1. Exhortation, 1:1-6 <\/p>\n
2. Visions, 1:7-2:13 <\/p>\n
a. Horses in myrtle grove, 1:7-17 <\/p>\n
b. Horns (of altar) cast down, 1:18-21 <\/p>\n
c. Jerusalem without walls, 2:1-13 <\/p>\n
Minor Hinge 1: Joshua reclothed, 3:1-10 <\/strong> <\/p>\n c 1 <\/sup> . Lampstand, 4:1-14 <\/span> <\/strong> <\/p>\n b 1 <\/sup> . Evil purged, 5:1-11 <\/p>\n a 1 <\/sup> . Horses sent out, 6:1-8 <\/p>\n Major Hinge: Joshua crowned, 6:9-15 <\/strong> <\/p>\n B. Second \u201cDiptych,\u201d 7:1-14:21 <\/p>\n 1. Exhortation, 7:1-8:23 <\/p>\n 2. Two burdens, 9:1-14:21 <\/p>\n First Burden <\/em> , 9:1-10:12 <\/p>\n a. Advent of the king, 9:1-17 <\/p>\n b. Condemnation of shepherds, 10:1-4 <\/p>\n c. Lord\u2019s defense of Israel, 10:5-12 <\/p>\n Minor Hinge 2: Shepherd rejected, 11:1-17 <\/strong> <\/p>\n Second Burden <\/em> , 12:1-14:21 <\/p>\n c 1 <\/sup> . Lord\u2019s defense of Jerusalem, 12:1-13:1 <\/p>\n b 1 <\/sup> . False prophets, 13:2-9 <\/p>\n a 1 <\/sup> . Advent of king, 14:1-21 <\/p>\n Helpful as this is, I do not find Kline\u2019s outline entirely convincing.\u00a0 The major problem with his outline is that it blurs divisions within the text.\u00a0 Kline, for example, treats Zechariah 5 as a single vision, though 5:5 has all the marks of an introduction to a new vision.\u00a0 Similarly, Kline includes all of chapter 9 in a single section, but there are good reasons for seeing a textual break after 9:10. <\/p>\n Finally, I am not persuaded that Zechariah 7-8 introduces the second half of the book, rather than concluding the first part. \u00a0If 7-8 are taken with 9-14, they provide some context and chronology for the \u201cburdens\u201d in the second half of the book, but 7-8 are so neatly structured, and conclude so conclusively, that they seem more like a self-contained unit or the conclusion to the night visions. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meredith Kline has argued that the entire book of Zechariah is organized as a pair of \u201cdiptychs,\u201d each of which \u201chinges\u201d on a passage about the work of the King-Shepherd of Israel.\u00a0 The entire book itself, moreover,\u00a0 is a diptych, hinging around the crowning of Joshua in Zechariah 6:9-15.\u00a0 Below I present Kline\u2019s conclusions in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-ot-zechariah"],"yoast_head":"\n