Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Obadiah, Companion to Psalm 137

The Psalmist speaks from the Judean perspective, first in concert with fellow Judeans, then alone, as the Psalmist, then finally as a prayer from Judeans to God, going through each of the five stages of grief over the loss of Jerusalem, and the betrayal of Edom.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: Obadiah’s Apocalypse

Whether we agree on the literal, concrete realization of Obadiah’s predicted apocalypse, you and I can still understand them as spiritual prophecies.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Minor Prophets

Minor Prophets: The Book of Obadiah

Some theologians tentatively place Obadiah during the reign of Jehoram, in 848-841 BC, Jewish scholars place Obadiah, Habakkuk and Zephaniah as contemporaries of Jeremiah and Ezekiel