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4. Connections Between Sections ofZechariah 1-14 273
Also Mitchell, who 'was prepared to state that the metre of 13.7-
9.. .resembled that of 3.7', the use of which was 'favourable rather
than unfavourable to the authorship of Zechariah'.1 She also lists
various criteria:
1. Characteristic words and phrases:
2.10-9.9
7.14-9.8: 'none shall march to and fro' identical phrase, found nowhere
else in the OT. 2
2. Idiosyncrasy of dwelling on an idea:
6.10, 11, 13 (take. . .take, crown, throne, throne);
8.4-5 (streets. .. streets)
11.17 (his arm, right eye, both repeated)
14.5 (you shall flee. . .you shall flee as you fled. ..)
14.9 (Yahweh one and his name one)
Even if some repetitions are excised as glosses, 'enough examples
remain to prove the point'. I find this very doubtful, since the
examples are uncertain in any case.
3. Mention of the whole then the part:
5.4 (the house. .. his house. .. both timber and stones)
12.11-13 (every family; specified in 12, 13)
4. Metaphors are followed by their meaning 'as in 10.4'
5. Unusual fivefold development of an idea:
6.13 and 9.5-7
6. Similarities of thought:
Cleansing: 1.4; 3.4-9; 5.1-11; 13.1, 9
Promise that the nations will return: 2.10-11; 8.7; 10.6-12
Overthrow and conversion of Israel's enemies: 2.4, 12-13; 8.20-23; 9.1-
8; 12.4; 14.16
Hope of messianic ruler: 6.12-13; 9.9-10. 3
She notes scholars who have given support to these arguments to a
greater or lesser extent:
The force of these similarities is admitted by those who postulate that
the second part was the work of a disciple of Zechariah, as well as
those scholars, such as C.H.H. Wright, E.B. Pusey, W.H. Lowe,
A. van Hoonacker, who have attributed the whole book to Zechariah. In
1. Baldwin, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, p. 68; Mitchell, Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi and Jonah, p. 235.
2. Baldwin, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, pp. 68-69.
3. Baldwin, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, p. 69.