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    The good, the bad and the Belial : traces of wisdom in the prophetic rhetoric of Nahum
    (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2002) Bosman, Jan Petrus
    The article engages the question of possible traces of wisdom in prophetic literature. The prophetic book of Nahum is focused on. The three categories of wisdom (literature, tradition and thinking), according to Crenshaw, are used to formulate three questions, namely, (a) Is Nahum a wisdom book?, (b) Was Nahum a sage?, and (c) Does Nahum contain wisdom? The answers indicate that : (1) Nahum should not be seen as a wisdom book, although it contains shimmerings of wisdom literature, for example Job and Proverbs, and wisdom like rhetoric is used; (2) that Nahum cannot be regarded as a sage although the borders between prophet and sage are becoming more diffuse; and (3) that the prophetic rhetoric of Nahum indeed contains a kind of 'wisdom when wisdom ends' which creates order in times of chaos, forms part of the expression of a kind of poetic justice in times of struggle, and is intricately entwined in the paradoxical search for identity when the limits of human wisdom become apparent.
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    The paradoxical presence of Exodus 34:6-7 in the Book of the Twelve
    (Stellenbosch University, 2004) Bosman, Jan Petrus
    The theologically central “credo” of Exodus 34:6-7 is looked at in the context of the Old Testament in general, and in the Book of the Twelve in particular. The paradoxical nature of the way Exodus 34:6-7 is alluded to in 5 of the books of the Book of the Twelve (Hos 1:6, Joel 2:13, Jon 4:2, Mic 7:18-20 and Nah 1:3a) forms the basis of the argument. The theological issue at stake is the ambiguity and freedom of Yahweh’s forgiveness and presence in the light of the crises of sin and exile. In the process the redactional (dis)unity of the Book of the Twelve is touched upon.