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e. Attempt to explain the purpose(s) of the writer(s)/editor(s) in
presenting material in this particular way.
f. Investigate the unit under discussion in its context, to check
that any proposed structure is consistent with the relationships
that its members have with features elsewhere in the
book or section of a book.
As explained in the Introduction I shall attempt to follow my own
guidelines as we investigate the book of Zechariah. Chapters 2-4,
therefore, consist of the following. Chapter 2: a decision regarding
the divisions of the text that we shall investigate, based on traditional
form-critical and literary-critical work, and with regard to the
scholarly consensus. Chapter 3: an investigation of individual units,
examining first the words that occur two or more times in the unit in
question, with regard to their appropriateness to be used to indicate
structure. The structure discerned will be discussed, taking into
account points d, e and f above. Chapter 4: an investigation of
individual units seen in relation to the rest of Zechariah 1-8 and/or
9-14. The same pattern will be followed as in Chapter 3.