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4. Connections Between Sections ofZechariah 1-14 281
whole of chs. 1-14, although we did note links between 8.7-8 and
9.9-10.6. I shall attempt to gather these together at the end of this
chapter. Before doing this I shall consider the work done by Mason on
inner-biblical exegesis in Deutero-Zechariah. His work has focused on
the use of earlier biblical material with a view to explaining the
relationship (theological and otherwise) between the persons
responsible for Zechariah 9-14 and the earlier part of the book. He
also looks at the use of earlier material outside Zechariah 1-8. This is
relevant to my own study in at least two ways:
1. I shall have a valuable check on how well my method identifies
similarities: does it miss important points of contact;
does it add anything to what scholars have already discovered
by other methods?
2. I shall have to face the question whether the similarities I
pick out are due to a concern for structure, or whether they
are due simply to quoting or alluding to earlier material.
This may include material originating outside the book of
Zechariah but used by the writers/editors of both parts.
In my judgment we must ignore the following words (given in the
order in which they occur above): bfcnto 1 ', nun, ^03, »T>, CJT, 033,110,
aitf, rVx), DV, Kbn, "pn, nno, in, 013, nrnK, 310, ntoy, obn, Tin, "in, am,
nato, prn, -or, K^a, mx, n^n, *7ip. Some dubious examples have been
kept even now, but we are left with a manageable number. I shall
collect together those words which occur in the major sections that I
have isolated.
Contacts with 8.7-8
In this category there are three important words, D'n'pK, pts and art" 1 ,
which I have already noted in the relevant sections of Chapter 3
above. They certainly provide evidence that the writer/editor of
Zechariah 9-10 shared the same central concerns as the one(s)
responsible for Zechariah 7-8. I have also noted the similarity
between 9.9 and 2.14. However, I do not think that we can demonstrate
an intention to integrate these elements into a unified structure
extending across Zechariah 1-8 and 9-14. The most we can say is that
the writer/editor alludes to and re-emphasizes the theme of 'Yahweh
as the God of his people' (found in both 2.10-17 [v. 15] and 8.8, the