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296 Structure and the Book ofZechariah
32. 'The picture of the idyllic prosperity of the land consorts well
with Zech. 3.10 and ch. 8, but nothing akin to the eagerness associated
with the building of he Temple of those chapters is found here.'
There is also no mention of the messianic hopes that were attached to
Zerubbabel, nor the 'enthusiasm that attached to Joshua as the second
in a dyarchy' (pp. 277-78).
33. The security of Jerusalem expressed in 14.11 echoes 12.6, but
also takes up another theme of proto-Zechariah: 2.9; 8.3ff. (which
itself repeats the theme of Ezek. 28.26) (p. 282).
34. Ritual emphasis of the final verses is still within the influence of
proto-Zechariah (3; 5; 6.13ff.; S.lff., 18-19) (pp. 289-90).
Conclusion
There is strong continuity between Zechariah 1-8 and 9-14 as is seen
in: the centrality of Zion; God's deliverance and protection and his
presence within; divine provision of leadership as a sign of the new age;
cleansing of the community to enable it to fulfil its mediatorial role;
the note of universalism. The greatest difference is in the nature of the
leadership that Yahweh will provide: a tendency towards a greater
'collectivization' or 'democratization' of the hope (pp. 306-307).
Relevance to my own Study
Mason's task was very different from my own: he set out to investigate
signs of continuity between proto- and Deutero-Zechariah; I have
sought signs of a writer's intention to indicate connections between
different parts of the book. The criteria required, have therefore been
more stringent than those of Mason. For example, he has noted
similarity of themes or ideas (cf. nos. 2, 4, 7, 9-10, 13-15, 19, 21, 23-
25, much of 26, 27-28, 31-34), whereas I have not regarded this as a
sufficiently strong marker. Examination of the instances noted by
Mason reveals that the ideas and themes are almost always expressed
differently. This confirms my conclusion that there has been no
overall editorial reshaping of Zechariah.
There are, in my opinion, a few places where Mason has identified
quite a strong connection between Zechariah 1-8 and 9-14, for
example no. 16. How did I miss this, and was it a serious mistake? It is
easy to answer the first question: the words used in 7.13 and 10.6 are
different: '. . .they called and I would not hear', 'I will answer them'.
I do not think this was a serious omission, for if the later writer had