The author gives, first, the detailed panorama of the historical situation in Juda in VII century BCE and, second, describes the reforms of Josiah. As regards the exact dating of the life and activity of the prophet Zephaniah there are three main options. One group of scholars puts it at the very beginning of the reign of the king Josiah, so immediately after 640 BCE. The others prefer the time that followed the very beginnings of the reform movement, mentioned in the Second Book of Chronicle, so in the decade before the culmination of the reform activities of Josiah. The third group puts the message of Zephaniah in the period after 622 BCE, suggesting that the prophet strongly supported the king. The first two solutions seem to be the most reasonable.
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Królestwo Judy w VII w. przed Chr., Manasses, Jozjasz, reforma Jozjasza, prorok Sofoniasz, Księga Sofoniasza
https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2017.87.4.01
English
Język Polski