Talk:Zephaniah

Rewording necessary
I am currently rewording large sections of this article, which are clearly a simple paste-job from the corresponding Catholic Encyclopedia entry. 

If you'd like to help with the article, please compare the entry to the link provided and ensure that they're not too similar. Zahakiel 13:46, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree. 2 years later, this article shows no improvement. The wording (e.g. shameful forms of idolatry) is basically copied from the Catholic Encylopedia. More importantly, it is not scholarly since it gives judgment (rather than citing judgments made). Also, the article mistakenly claims that Zephaniah himself threatens to destroy the remnant of Baal where in fact he is claiming that Yahweh will do so. If I have time I will try to correct a few of these inaccuracies.--JECompton (talk) 16:30, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Seven years after this last entry, the article is still very unclear. The lede needs to say something more than indicate that lots of folks have the name of Zephaniah. The article also needs to better situate the person after whom the Book of Zephaniah is named in the context of time. For example, how was Zephaniah related to the Babylonian Exile, if at all. Taram (talk) 04:22, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Perhaps the article should just focus specifically on the prophet Zephaniah, and have the minor biblical figures with the same name simply inserted @Biblical figures with Z...if there are anymore minor Zephaniahs. — JudeccaXIII (talk) 05:04, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

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African?
There is scholarly speculation that this prophet could have been Black:

"Aside from kushi as an ethnic designation (gentilic) for Moses' wife (Num 12:1) and Ebed-melech (Jer 38:7-13), Kush or Kushi is found elsewhere in the Bible as a personal name... If the name Kushi, father of Zephaniah, indicates an African origin, then one of the biblical prophets had black African ancestry."

The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World Book 19) by David M. Goldenberg.loc655kindleebook

Tabbycatlove (talk) 09:04, 2 May 2024 (UTC)