[see also: Zephaniah: commentaries; Zephaniah: particular verses; XII Prophets: general studies; XII Prophets: text transmission]
The bibliography is divided into six main sections as follows:
Asurmendi, J., "Les Prophètes du VIIe siècle, Chap. I-III: Nahum – Sophonie – Habaquq", in S. Amsler – J. Asurmendi – J. Auneau – R. Martin-Achard, Les Prophètes et les livres prophétiques (Petite bibliothèque des sciences bibliques, Ancien Testament, 4; Paris: Desclée, 1985) 117-146 [on Zeph, pp. 127-136]. Versione italiana: I Profeti e i libri profetici. Edizione italiana a cura di Gianantonio Borgonovo (Piccola Enciclopedia Biblica, 4; Roma: Borla, 1987) 125-159 [the "Sofonia" chapter is on pp. 137-147].
Asurmendi, J., "Sophonie", DBSup 13 (2005) [fasc. 72: 1999] 1-18.
Ball, I. J. – S. D. Sperling (for the 2nd ed.), "Zephaniah", EncJud 21 (2007) 511-512.
Boda, M. J., "Zephaniah, Book of", in M. J. Boda – J. G. McConville (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press; Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2012) 899-907.
Dietrich, W., "Zefanja / Zefanjabuch", TRE 36 (2004) 648-657.
Hadjiev, T. S., Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah: An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark Study Guides to the Old Testament; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020), esp. 87-121 [Part Four: "Zephaniah"].
Irsigler, H., "Zefanja" / "Zefanja(Buch)", in M. Görg – B. Lang (eds.), Neues Bibel-Lexikon. Band 3 [Lieferung 14/15] (Zürich: Benziger, 2001) 1177-1185.
Kselman, J. S., "Zephaniah, Book of", ABD VI (1992) 1077-1080.
Mason, R. A., Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Joel (OT Guides; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994), esp. 15-58 ["Part I: Zephaniah"].
Quine, C. "Zephaniah", in J. M. O'Brien (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets (Oxford Handbooks; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021) 499-510.
Renz, T., "Zephaniah, Book of", in K. J. Vanhoozer (gen. ed.) – C. G. Bartholomew – D. J. Treier – N. T. Wright (assoc. eds.), Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic; London: SPCK, 2005) 864-865.
Smith, W. R. – S. R. Driver, "Zephaniah", in T. K. Cheyne – J. S. Black (eds.), Encyclopaedia Biblica. A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, The Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible, Vol. IV Q-Z (London: Adam and Charles Black; New York: Macmillan, 1903), cols. 5402-5408.
Sweeney, M. A., "Zephaniah", in M. D. Coogan (gen. ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2011) 2.471-474.
Weigl, M., "Zephanja / Zephanjabuch", in RGG4 8 (2005) 1847-1849. English version: "Zephaniah / Book of Zephaniah", in RPP 13 (2013).
Wöhrle, J., "Das Buch Zefanja. Tag des Zorns", in E. Ballhorn – G. Steins – R. Wildgruber – U. Zwingenberger (eds.), 73 Ouvertüren. Die Buchanfänge der Bibel und ihre Botschaft (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2018) 419-424.
Ben Zvi, E., "Zephaniah, Book of", in J. H. Hayes (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Vol. 2: K-Z (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1999) 669-673.
Han, J. H., "Zephaniah", in R. Coggins – J. H. Han, Six Minor Prophets Through the Centuries: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (Blackwell Bible Commentaries, 29; Malden, MA – Oxford – Chichester (UK): Wiley-Blackwell, 2011) 92-125. [mainly about pre-1800 studies but there are some references to post-1800 titles too]
Jones, B. A., "The Seventh-Century Prophets in Twenty-First Century Research", CBR 14.2 (Feb. 2016) 129-175.
Sweeney, M. A., "Zephaniah: A Paradigm for the Study of the Prophetic Books", CR:BS 7 (1999) 119-145.
Bachmann, J., "Zur Textkritik des Propheten Zephania", TSK 67 (1894) 641-655.
Barthélemy, D., et al., Critique textuelle de l'Ancien Testament, 3: Ézéchiel, Daniel et les 12 Prophètes (OBO 50/3; Fribourg, Suisse: Éditions Universitaires; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992), esp. 881-922 ["Sophonie"].
Carbone, S. P. – G. Rizzi, Abaquq, Abdia, Nahum, Sofonia: secondo il testo ebraico Masoretico, secondo la versione greca della LXX, secondo la parafrasi aramaica targumica (La Parola e la sua tradizione, 4; Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 1997), esp. 339-460.
Clark, D. J. – H. A. Hatton, A Translator's Handbook on the Books of Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah (Helps for Translators; New York: United Bible Societies, 1989).
Gerleman, G., Zephanja, textkritisch und literarisch untersucht (Lund: Gleerup, 1942).
Harl, M. – C. Dogniez – L. Brottier – M. Caseviz – P. Sandevoir, Les Douze Prophètes 4–9: Joël, Abdiou, Jonas, Naoum, Ambakoum, Sophonie. Traduction du texte grec de la Septante, introductions et notes. Avec la collaboration de R. Dupont-Roc, T. Roqueplo et F. Roux (La Bible d'Alexandrie, 23.4–9; Paris: Cerf, 1999), esp. 311-375 ["Sophonie"].
Harper, J. L., Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Septuagint; Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2023).
Ho, A., The Targum of Zephaniah: Manuscripts and Commentary (Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 7; Leiden: Brill, 2010).
Kim, Jong-Hoon, "Sophonias / Zefanja", in S. Kreuzer (ed.), Einleitung in die Septuaginta (Handbuch zur Septuaginta / Handbook of the Septuagint [LXX.H], 1; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2016) 526-529. English version: "Sophonias / Zephaniah", in S. Kreuzer (ed.), Introduction to the Septuagint (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019) 483-486.
Kim, Jong-Hoon, "Text und Übersetzung des griechischen Zephanjabuches", in S. Kreuzer – M. Meiser – M. Sigismund (eds.), Die Septuaginta – Entstehung, Sprache, Geschichte. 3. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 22.-25. Juli 2010 (WUNT I/286; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012) 155-166.
Lang, B., Handbook of the Vulgate Bible and its Reception: Annotated Bibliography – Latin Glossary – Textual Notes = Handbuch der Vulgata und ihrer Rezeption: kommentierte Bibliographie – lateinisches Glossar – Anmerkungen zum Text (Vulgata in Dialogue, 2023 2nd Special Issue; Chur [Switzerland]: The Vulgate Institute, 2023), esp. 637-638 ["Zephaniah (Sophonias)"].
Olmo Lete, G. del, "El libro de Sofonías y la filología semítica nor-occidental (A propósito de L. Sabottka, Zephanja)", EstBib 32 (1973) 291-303. [see s.v. Sabottka below]
Ribera Florit, J., "La versión aramaica del Profeta Sofonías", EstBib 40 (1982) 127-158.
Sabottka, L., Zephanja. Versuch einer Neuübersetzung mit philologischem Kommentar (BibOr 25; Roma: Biblical Institute Press, 1972). [see Olmo Lete above]
Schmoll, H. – G. Seitz, "Sophonias / Zefanja", in M. Karrer – W. Kraus (eds.), Septuaginta Deutsch – Erläuterungen und Kommentare. I: Genesis bis 4. Makkabäer. II. Psalmen bis Daniel (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2011) 2429-2439.
Schmoll, H. – G. Seitz, "Sophonias (Zefanja)", in W. Kraus – M. Karrer (eds.), Septuaginta Deutsch. Das griechische Alte Testament in deutscher Übersetzung. 2. verbesserte Auflage (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2010) 1208-1211. [first ed. 2009]
Sievers, E., "Alttestamentliche Miscellen 6-10", in Königlich Sächsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (ed.), Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Königlich-Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philologisch-Historische Klasse. Band 59 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1907) 3-109 [see 50-62 "VIII. Zu Zephanja"].
Zandstra, S., The Witness of the Vulgate, Peshitta and Septuagint to the Text of Zephaniah (Contributions to Oriental History and Philology, 4; New York: Columbia University Press, 1909).
Ball, I. J., Zephaniah: A Rhetorical Study (Berkeley, CA: Bibal, 1988).
Ben Zvi, E., A Historical-Critical Study of the Book of Zephaniah (BZAW 198; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1991).
Bič, M., Trois prophètes dans un temps de ténèbres: Sophonie, Nahum, Habaquq (LD 48; Paris: Cerf, 1968), esp. 39-42, 51-73.
Bosshard-Nepustil, E., Rezeption von Jesaia 1–39 im Zwölfprophetenbuch. Untersuchungen zur literarischen Verbindung von Prophetenbüchern in babylonischer und persischer Zeit (OBO 154; Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997). [many references to Zeph: e.g. 317-336 and 337-359]
Bridger, G., The Message of Obadiah, Nahum & Zephaniah (The Bible Speaks Today; Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2010).
Coelln, D. G. C. von, Spicilegium observationum exegetico-criticarum ad Zephaniae vaticinia, quas munus professoris theologiae publici ordinarii in universitate litteraria Vratislaviensi auspicaturus (Vratislaviae [Breslau]: Typis Barthii academicis, 1818). [can be viewed online here]
Dietrich, W. – M. Schwantes (eds.), Der Tag wird kommen. Eine interkontextuelles Gespräch über das Buch des Propheten Zefanja (SBS 170; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1996). [papers of a 1995 dialogue between 4 Latin-American and 8 European exegetes; most of the contributions are listed below].
Edler, R., Das Kerygma des Propheten Zefanja (Freiburger Theologische Studien, 126; Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1984).
Gerleman, G., Zephanja, textkritisch und literarisch untersucht (Lund: Gleerup, 1942).
House, P. R., Zephaniah: A Poetic Drama (JSOTSup 69 / Bible and Literature Series, 16; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1988).
Hunter, A. V., Seek the Lord! A Study of the Meaning and Function of the Exhortations in Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, and Zephaniah (Baltimore, MD: St. Mary's Seminary & University, 1982).
Irsigler, H., Gottesgericht und Jahwetag: die Komposition Zef 1,1 – 2,3, untersucht auf der Grundlage der Literarkritik des Zefanjabuches (ATSAT 3; St. Ottilien: EOS-Verlag, 1977).
Kapelrud, A. S., The Message of the Prophet Zephaniah: Morphology and Ideas (Oslo – Bergen – Tromsø: Universitetsforlaget, 1975).
Krinetzki, G., Zefanjastudien: Motiv- und Traditionskritik + Kompositions- und Redaktionskritik (Regensburger Studien zur Theologie, 7; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang; Bern: Herbert Lang, 1977).
Langohr, G., Études sur le livre de Sophonie. Diss. Louvain 1975 (unpublished). [see below for two articles taken from the diss.]
Lundbom, J. R., Zephaniah, Nahum, and Habakkuk: Hebrew Prophets of the Seventh Century (Cascade Companions; Eugene, OR: Cascade / Wipf & Stock, 2025).
Renz, T., Colometry and Accentuation in Hebrew Prophetic Poetry (KUSATU – Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt, 4; Waltrop: Spenner, 2003). [especially on the three books of Nah, Hab, and Zeph]
Ryou, D. H., Zephaniah's Oracles Against the Nations. A Synchronic and Diachronic Study of Zephaniah 2:1–3:8 (Biblical Interpretation Series, 13; Leiden: Brill, 1995).
Seybold, K., Satirische Prophetie. Studien zum Buch Zefanja (SBS 120; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1985).
Striek, M., Das vordeuteronomistische Zephanjabuch (Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese und Theologie, 29; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1999).
Timmer, D. C., The Theology of the Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (Old Testament Theology; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024). [on Zeph see esp. 173-238]
Udoekpo, M. U., Re-Thinking the Day of YHWH and Restoration of Fortunes in the Prophet Zephaniah: An Exegetical and Theological Study of 1:14-18; 3:14-20 (Das Alte Testament im Dialog, 2; Bern: Peter Lang, 2010).
Weigl, M., Zefanja und das "Israel der Armen": Eine Untersuchung zur Theologie des Buches Zefanja (ÖBS 13; Klosterneuburg: Österreichisches Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1994).
Anderson, G. W., "The Idea of the Remnant in the Book of Zephaniah", ASTI 11 (1977-1978) 11-14.
Anderson, R. W., "Zephaniah Ben Cushi and Cush of Benjamin: Traces of Cushite Presence in Syria-Palestine", in S. W. Holloway – L. K. Handy (eds.), The Pitcher is Broken. Memorial Essays for Gösta W. Ahlström (JSOTSup 190; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995) 45-70.
Asurmendi, J. M., "Sofonías y Jerusalén: análisis estilístico", in R. Aguirre – F. García Lopez (eds.), Escritos de Biblia y Oriente. Miscelánea conmemorativa del 25º aniversario del Instituto Español Bíblico y Arqueológico (Casa de Santiago) de Jerusalén (Bibliotheca Salmanticensis, Estudios 38; Salamanca: Universidad Pontificia; Jerusalén: Instituto Español Bíblico y Arqueológico, 1981) 153-169. Also published in Salmanticensis 28 (1981) 153-169.
Bail, U., "Das Buch Zefanja oder: Das dreifache Jerusalem", in L. Schottroff – M.-T. Wacker (eds.), Kompendium feministische Bibelauslegung (Gütersloh: Christian Kaiser & Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1998) 359-365. English version: "Zephaniah; or, The Threefold Jerusalem", in L. Schottroff – M.-T. Wacker (eds.), Feminist Biblical Interpretation: A Compendium of Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible and Related Literature. With M. Rumscheidt as editor of the American edition (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012) 450-459.
Ball, I. J., "The Rhetorical Shape of Zephaniah", in E. W. Conrad – E. G. Newing (eds.), Perspectives on Language and Text. Essays and Poems in Honor of Francis I. Andersen's Sixtieth Birthday, July 28, 1985 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1987) 155-165.
Begg, C. T., "The Non-Mention of Zephaniah, Nahum and Habakkuk in the Deuteronomistic History", BN 38/39 (1987) 19-25.
Ben Zvi, E., "A Deuteronomistic Redaction in/among 'The Twelve'? A Contribution from the Standpoint of the Books of Micah, Zephaniah and Obadiah", in Society of Biblical Literature 1997 Seminar Papers (SBLSP 36; Atlanta, GA: Scholars, 1997) 433-459. Revised version [same title], in L. S. Schearing – S. L. McKenzie (eds.), Those Elusive Deuteronomists. The Phenomenon of Pan-Deuteronomism (JSOTSup 268; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) 232-261.
Berlin, A., "Zephaniah's Oracle against the Nations and an Israelite Cultural Myth", in A. B. Beck – A. H. Bartlett – P. R. Raabe – C. A. Franke (eds.), Fortunate the Eyes That See. Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995) 175-184.
Budde, K., "Die Bücher Habakkuk und Sephanja", TSK 66 (1893) 383-399.
Cazelles, H., "Sophonie, Jérémie, et les Scythes en Palestine", RB 74 (1967) 24-44. English version: "Zephaniah, Jeremiah, and the Scythians in Palestine", in L. G. Perdue – B. W. Kovacs (eds.), A Prophet to the Nations: Essays in Jeremiah Studies (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1984) 129-149.
Christensen, D. L., "Zephaniah 2:4-15: A Theological Basis for Josiah's Program of Political Expansion", CBQ 46 (1984) 669-682.
Cornill, C. H., "Die Prophetie Zephanjas", TSK 89 (1916) 297-332.
Crüsemann, F., "Israel, die Völker und die Armen. Grundfragen alttestamentlicher Hermeneutik am Beispiel des Zefanjabuches", in W. Dietrich – M. Schwantes (eds.), Der Tag wird kommen. Eine interkontextuelles Gespräch über das Buch des Propheten Zefanja (SBS 170; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1996) 123-133. Reprinted [same title] in F. Crüsemann, Kanon und Sozialgeschichte. Beiträge zum Alten Testament (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2003) 146-153.
Curtis, B. G., "The Daughter of Zion Oracles and the Appendices to Malachi: Evidence on the Latter Redactors and Redactions of the Book of the Twelve", Society of Biblical Literature 1998 Seminar Papers (SBLSP 37; Atlanta, GA: Scholars, 1998) 872-892.
Dietrich, W., "Der Eine Gott als Symbol politischen Widerstands. Religion und Politik im Juda des 7. Jahrhunderts", in W. Dietrich - M. A. Klopfenstein (eds.), Ein Gott allein? JHWH-Verehrung und biblischer Monotheismus im Kontext der israelitischen und altorientalischen Religionsgeschichte (OBO 139; Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1994) 463-490. Reprinted in W. Dietrich, »Theopolitik«. Studien zur Theologie und Ethik des Alten Testaments (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2002) 204-223.
Dietrich, W., "Die Kontexte des Zefanjabuches", in W. Dietrich – M. Schwantes (eds.), Der Tag wird kommen: Ein interkontextuelles Gespräch über das Buch des Propheten Zefanja (SBS 170; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1996) 19-37. Reprinted in W. Dietrich, »Theopolitik«. Studien zur Theologie und Ethik des Alten Testaments (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2002) 224-238.
Fagnani, C. P., "The Structure of the Text of the Book of Zephaniah", in R. F. Harper – F. Brown – G. F. Moore (eds.), Old Testament and Semitic Studies in Memory of William Rainey Harper. 2 vol. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1908) 2.259-277.
Fensham, F. C., "The Poetic Form of the Hymn of the Lord in Zephaniah", in W. C. van Wyk (ed.), Studies in Old Testament Prophecy. Papers Read at the Thirteenth Meeting Held at the University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein 1970 and at the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 1971 (OTWSA 13-14; Potchefstroom: Pro Rege, 1975) 9-14.
Fergusson, H., "The Historical Testimony of the Prophet Zephaniah", Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis 3 (1883) 42-59. [In 1890 the journal was renamed as JBL]
Florit, E., "Sofonia, Geremia e la cronaca di Gadd", Bib 15 (1934) 8-31.
Gerstenberger, E. S., "Der Hymnus der Befreiung im Zefanjabuch", in W. Dietrich – M. Schwantes (eds.), Der Tag wird kommen. Eine interkontextuelles Gespräch über das Buch des Propheten Zefanja (SBS 170; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1996) 102-112.
Gorgulho, G., "Sofonias y el valor histórico de los pobres", RIBLA 3 (1989) 31-41 [part of a thematic issue on: "La opción por los pobres como criterio de interpretación"]. German version: "Zefanja und die historische Bedeutung der Armen", EvT 51 (1991) 81-92. [a thematic issue on "Lateinamerikanische Exegese"]
Gozzo, S. M., "Il profeta Sofonia e la dottrina teologica del suo libro", Anton 52 (1977) 3-37.
Gray, G. B., "The Royal Ancestry of Zephaniah", The Expositor, Sixth Series 2.1 (July 1900) 76-80.
Grill, F., "Der Schlachttag Jahwes", BZ N.F. 2 (1958) 278-283.
Grol, H. W. M. van, "Classical Hebrew Metrics and Zephaniah 2-3", in W. van der Meer – J. C. de Moor (eds.), The Structural Analysis of Biblical and Canaanite Poetry (JSOTSup 74; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1988) 186-206.
Haak, R. D., "'Cush' in Zephaniah", in S. W. Holloway – L. K. Handy (eds.), The Pitcher is Broken. Memorial Essays for Gösta W. Ahlström (JSOTSup 190; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995) 238-251.
Halévy, J., "Le prophète Sophonie", RevSém 13 (1905) 193-198, 289-313. Reprinted in J. Halévy, Recherches bibliques, IV: Les livres de Nahum, de Sophonie, de Jonas, de Habacuc, d'Obadia. Antinomies d'histoire religieuse. La date du récrit Yahwéiste de la création (Paris: Ernest Leroux & Paul Geuthner, 1907) 28-57 ["Le prophète Sophonie"].
Haupt, P., "The Prototype of the Dies Irae", JBL 38 (1919) 142-151.
Heller, J., "Zephanjas Ahnenreihe (Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche Bemerkung zu Zeph. I)", VT 21 (1971) 102-104. Reprinted under the title "Zephanjas Ahnenreihe: Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche Bemerkung zu Zef 1,1", in J. Heller, An der Quelle des Lebens, Aufsätze zum Alten Testament. Mit einem Geleitwort von W. H. Schmidt (BEATAJ 10; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1988) 53-55.
House, P. R., "Dialogue in Zephaniah", in R. P. Gordon (ed.), 'The Place Is Too Small for Us'. The Israelite Prophets in Recent Scholarship (Sources for Biblical and Theological Study, 5; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1995) 252-262. [excerpted from his 1988 monograph noted above, pp. 55-61, 94-97, and 135-136]
House, P. R., "Dramatic Coherence in Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah", in J. W. Watts – P. R. House (eds), Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D. W. Watts (JSOTSup 235; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996) 195-208.
Hyatt, J. P., "The Date and Background of Zephaniah", JNES 7 (1948) 25-29.
Kapelrud, A. S., "Eschatology in Micah and Zephaniah", in M. Carrez – J. Doré – P. Grelot (eds.), De la Tôrah au Messie. Études d'exégèse et d'herméneutique bibliques offertes à Henri Cazelles pour ses 25 années d'enseignement à l'Institut Catholique de Paris (Octobre 1979) (Paris: Desclée, 1981) 255-262.
Kessler, R., "'Ich rette das Hinkende, und das Versprengte sammle ich'. Zur Herdenmetaphorik in Zef 3", in W. Dietrich – M. Schwantes (eds.), Der Tag wird kommen. Eine interkontextuelles Gespräch über das Buch des Propheten Zefanja (SBS 170; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1996) 93-101.
King, G. A., "The Remnant in Zephaniah", BSac 151 (1994) 414-427.
King, G. A., "The Day of the Lord in Zephaniah", BSac 152 (1995) 16-32.
King, G. A., "The Message of Zephania. An Urgent Echo", AUSS 34 (1996) 211-222.
Langohr, G., "Le livre de Sophonie et la critique d'authenticité", ETL 52 (1976) 1-27. [see above under Monographs]
Langohr, G., "Rédaction et composition du livre de Sophonie", Le Muséon 89 (1976) 51-73.
Lohfink, N., "Zefanja und das Israel der Armen. (Josef Scharbert zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet)", BK 39 (1984) 100-108.
Lohfink, N., "Zephaniah and the Church of the Poor", Theology Digest 32 (1985) 113-118. [an abbreviated English version of the preceding 1984 paper]
Loretz, O., "Textologie des Zephanja-Buches. Bemerkungen zu einem Mißverständnis", UF 5 (1973) 219-228.
Lutz, H.-M., Jahwe, Jerusalem und die Völker: zur Vorgeschichte von Sach 12,1-8 und 14,1-5 (WMANT 27; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1968), esp. 97-100 [on Zeph 3,6-8].
Martin, F., "Le livre de Sophonie (1ère partie)", Sémiotique et Bible 39 (Sept. 1985) 1-22.
Martin, F., "Le livre de Sophonie, II", Sémiotique et Bible 40 (Déc. 1985) 5-20.
Neef, H.-D., "Glaube als Demut. Zur Theologie des Propheten Zephanja", TBei 27 (1996) 145-158.
Neef, H.-D., "Vom Gottesgericht zum universalen Heil. Komposition und Redaktion des Zephanjabuches", ZAW 111 (1999) 530-546.
Nel, P. J., "Structural and Conceptural Strategy in Zephaniah, Chapter 1", JNSL 15 (1989) 155-167.
Nogalski, J. D., "The Day(s) of YHWH in the Book of the Twelve", in SBL 1999 Seminar Papers (SBLSP 38; Atlanta, GA: Scholars, 1999) 617-642. Reprinted [same title] in P. L. Redditt – A. Schart (eds.), Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 325; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2003) 192-213. Reprinted again in J. D. Nogalski, The Book of the Twelve and Beyond: Collected Essays of James D. Nogalski (SBLAIL 29; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2017) 157-180.
O'Connor, M., Hebrew Verse Structure (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1980), esp. 240-262, 511-526, and 558-563 [on the whole book of Zeph]. Second printing 1997 (same publishers) with new Corrigenda (630) and Afterword (631-661); the text of the book is unchanged.
Oeming, M., "Gericht Gottes und Geschichte der Völker nach Zef 3,1-13. Exegetische und systematische Erwägungen zur Frage: In welchem Sinne ist der kanonische Endtext normativ?", TQ 167 (1987) 289-300. Reprinted in M. Oeming, Verstehen und Glauben. Exegetische Bausteine zu einer Theologie des Alten Testaments (BBB 142; Berlin: Philo, 2003) 219-230.
Olivier, J. P. J., "Notes on a Possible Connection between Zephaniah and the Scythians", in W. C. van Wyk (ed.), Studies in Old Testament Prophecy. Papers Read at the Thirteenth Meeting Held at the University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein 1970 and at the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 1971 (OTWSA 13-14; Potchefstroom: Pro Rege, 1975) 54-59.
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