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276 Structure and the Book ofZechariah<br />

follows ('VI' etc are my labels; titles are Schottler's; verse numbers<br />

are approximate, for not all verses are accepted as given).<br />

Basic text: VI 'Pferde'<br />

519 BC Yahweh word attached<br />

V3 'Messschnur'<br />

Yahweh word attached<br />

V5 'Leuchter'<br />

V7 'Efa'<br />

V8 'Wagen'<br />

(1.7-9, lOb, lib)<br />

1.14<br />

(2.5-8)<br />

2.14<br />

(4.1-3a, 4-5, 6a, 14)<br />

(5.5, 6a,8a, 9-11)<br />

(6.la, 2-5, 7)<br />

(pp. 223-39)<br />

(p. 268)<br />

(pp. 231-34)<br />

(pp. 268-69)<br />

(pp. 235-57)<br />

(pp. 257-60)<br />

(pp. 261-67)<br />

<strong>The</strong>se five visions form a cycle which shows concentric symmetry:<br />

Ausdehnung V3<br />

Jerusalem<br />

Hintergrund: VI<br />

Erlosermacht Gottes<br />

It is unusual to find such an interest in structure in this milieu. In<br />

general this agrees with the view of scholars who consider the relationship<br />

of the visions to each other, that VI and V8 balance each other,<br />

V5 (with or without V4) is the centrepoint and VV2-3 are in some<br />

way parallel to VV6-7. Nevertheless, the way that this is presented<br />

without detailed justification is unsatisfactory (see below). Schottler<br />

also compares this five-membered structure to that of Isa. 54.1-3, 4-6,<br />

7-10, 11-13, 14-17. 1<br />

First Editing: V2<br />

c. 515 BC<br />

Mittelpunkt: V5<br />

Lebensfulle Gottes<br />

Jahwewort<br />

V4<br />

'Werkleute' (2.3-4) 2<br />

Word of Yahweh: 1.15<br />

'Jeschua'<br />

Expansion: 4.10-11, 12b-14<br />

Word of Yahweh: 4.6b<br />

This produced a seven vision cycle with a different centre:<br />

1. Gott inmitten seines Volkes, pp. 273-75.<br />

2. Gott inmitten seines Volkes, pp. 287-90.<br />

Heiligkeit V7<br />

Jerusalem<br />

Jahwewort Ausblick: V8<br />

Herrschaft Gottes

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