Interpreting the Minor Prophets

A standard evangelical Old Testament textbook from Zondervan that surveys the structure, message, and theological themes of each of the twelve Minor Prophets, emphasizing literary and rhetorical analysis as the key to understanding their prophetic messages.

Interpreting the Minor Prophets was written to address the difficulty many readers and even scholars face when working with the twelve Minor Prophets due to language, cultural, historical, and geographical distance. Robert B. Chisholm Jr. walks through each of the twelve books, surveying their structure, message, and major theological themes. Rather than stopping at a basic survey, he adopts a literary and rhetorical approach, highlighting features such as structure, imagery, wordplay, and rhetorical devices to show how each prophet’s message is crafted and how that shapes interpretation.

The volume helps readers see how themes like judgment, justice, covenant faithfulness, restoration, and hope develop across the Minor Prophets, both in individual books and in the collection of the Twelve as a whole. Designed as an ideal text or reference resource for students, pastors, and serious Bible readers, it includes bibliographic references and indexes to support deeper study and teaching.