Resources for the Book of Zephaniah
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • Zephaniah at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Book of Zephaniah, Wikipedia.
  • Zephaniah, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
  • Sophonias (Zephaniah), The Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • Introduction to the Book of Zephaniah, New American Bible.
  • Introduction and Outline by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of Zephaniah.
  • Zephaniah from Aaron Rittmaster's Hebrew Prophets Web.
  • Bible Basics (Zephaniah) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
  • Walking Through the Bible: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah.
  • Biblenotes summary: Zephaniah.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
  • Zephaniah, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • Zephaniah, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • Zephaniah, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • Zephaniah, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • Zephaniah, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • Study on Zephaniah by Hampton Keathley, IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • "From Manasseh to the Deuteronomic Reform," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
  • Book of the Twelve, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
  • The Book of Zephaniah, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
  • Zephaniah, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
• Articles and Background:
  • "A Note on Zephaniah," D. Rudman, Biblica, 1999.
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  • Holladay, William L., "Reading Zephaniah with a Concordance: Suggestions for a Redaction History," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2001.
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  • O'Brien, Julia M., "Nahum - Habakkuk - Zephaniah: Reading the 'Former Prophets' in the Persian Period," Interpretation, 2007. (See also Interpretation, April, 2007 issue focus: The Book of the Twelve.)
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• Reviews:
  • Review: Marvin A Sweeney, Zephaniah: A Commentary. Fortress, 2003. Review by J. Clinton McCann Jr in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
• The Text This Week's links and resources to information about the Hebrew Prophets.