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Malachi: The Divine Messenger

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I can't find any review on this book so I thought I would make my own, without having actually read the book, but hope to soon, when I can get my hands on a copy. The reason why I would want to is based on the use of arguments from this book, in another book I am currently reading, "Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark (Biblical Studies Library)" by Rikki E. Watts, which I did buy on Amazon but am still working my way through it, so do not have a review of that book, by me, yet. What I do is find really good books on the study of the Bible and look at the footnotes and bibliographies and citations and references for ideas on what books to buy next in my (hopefully) never ending quest for the knowledge of God and how to apply it.
What I can do is provide some bits of information which is better than practically nothing, which you can find on-line, up to now. As the title would suggest, in fact the book is about the divine-messenger aspect of Malachi. I intend to add further indication as to the subject matter of this dissertation this book is apparently based on, from the notes in the afore mentioned book that I am in possession of, which itself is a book that is an expansion from a dissertation.
The name , Malachi, itself means, Divine Messenger, in a way, meaning in a spiritual sense. Scholars have different views as to what that means exactly, and Beth Glazier-McDonald, apparently, supports the view, in opposition to some other scholars, that Adoni, the one who's way is being prepared, is in fact, YHWH. Watts wonders if this creates a problem identifying what may or may not be another character, the enforcer of the covenant, and he cites Glazier-McDonald as supporting the view that there is no problem, and as giving several arguments for why the messenger and the enforcer should be identified as the same person. This goes on and on with the general feeling, at least in my case, that Glazier-McDonald's book is fundamental to fully understanding Watts book since he seems to use her arguments to support his own conclusions, or at least that is my take on it.