Haggai 1:15

Haggai 1:15 - 2:9

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Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- Chapter XVI, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
- VII.XXX, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 2.
- John Calvin's Commentary on Haggai.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- Christ, the Desire of All Nations, John Flavel, c. 1675.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary. Chapter 2.
- From Wesley's Notes. Chapter 2.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). Chapter 2.
- "The Abiding of the Spirit The Glory of the Church: Haggai 2:4-5," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1886.
  - "A spiritual temple is to be builded for the Most High, and if by any means the evil one can delay its uprising he will stick at nothing: if he can take us off from working with faith and courage for the glory of God he will be sure to do it."
- "The Desire of All Nations; Haggai 2:7," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1915.
Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Haggai 1:15b-2:9, Wil Gafney, Pentecost 24C Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
  - "The co-temporal prophets Haggai and Zechariah mark a shift in how the exiled community of Judah sees itself."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Pentecost 23C, Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "Giving Old Haggai a New Look," John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2010.
  - "The next time we gaze at our own temples, our churches, our houses of worship, we ought not judge them on the size of their steeples, the splendor of their pipe organs, or the grandeur and number of their classrooms."
- "In the Dust and the Dirt: Greater Glory in Lesser Circumstances," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2007.
  - "Haggai says that God meets us where we are, not where we wish we could be, even and especially in downsized circumstances like a rebuilt temple in a ravaged Jerusalem."
- Haggai 1:15b - 2:9, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
  - "Haggai and Zechariah are called to encourage this dispirited people. Their religious and social hope had been embodied in great political events. Now, other events seem to have overtaken those earlier hopes. How were these people to cope with disappointment?"
- Lectionary Commentary and Preaching Paths, Pentecost C23, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
  - "Haggai was willing to dream God?s dream. He was willing to look beyond the present circumstances and see what could be, willing to look beyond the present failures and invest in a future based on God?s action in the world, and on the fact that God had again chosen a people through which to reveal himself! And Haggai was willing to put out the effort to work as if what ought to be really could be!"
- Haggai 1:15b - 2:9, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
  - "Haggai is deeply concerned because the people are failing to begin the task of rebuilding the temple. He suggests to them that some of the woes they are experiencing may be occurring because of not putting priority on the things of the Lord."
- "A New House for the Lord," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
Articles & Background:
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Kessler, John, "Building the Second Temple: Questions of Time, Text and History in Haggai 1.1-15," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2002.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Kessler, John, "The Shaking of the Nations: An Eschatological View," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1987.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Wolff, Hans Walter, "Prophets and Institutions in the Old Testament," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
Sermons:
- "Called to Build," Christi O. Brown, Faith and Leadership, 2012.
Reviews:
With Children:
- "Build...again," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
Drama:
Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Haggai 2:7. The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
  - O come, O Come, Immanuel
Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Haggai
Study Links and Resources for the Book of Haggai