Zephaniah

Zephaniah: The Story Behind the Small Book Most people see Zephaniah as a useless book. Many of the minor prophet’s books are very small and seem to not have too much content in them. Zephaniah may be small, but it is packed with themes and purposes. Some parts of Zephaniah may be questionable and confusing, but the underlying information should be brought up. Zephaniah is a book, like many in the Bible, that can be applied to contemporary life. One of the first questions people ask about a book

Last Sunday I spent the morning with some of our uniformed groups at the war memorial near St Peter’s, sharing with them the service of remembrance there and in our combined act of respect to those who lost their lives in the wars. I can’t recall a remembrance Sunday since I was very young that I haven’t spent with a uniformed group, in recent years as chaplain to cadet forces, and for a long time before that with the Scouts, through my own membership as a scout and then as a leader. Those of

Benjamin Zephaniah has dealt with many things throughout his life. Since then he had tried for change,from the racial motivation people had against him”My first racist attack was someone slapping me in the back of the head with a brick”-(Zephaniah). people trying to hold him back from reaching his dreams. Throughout his life, some people say he helped a lot of people and others say he hasn't. Benjamin Zephaniah was a remarkable person showing patience, and bravery who also had a dynamic childhood

the prophet’s messages meaningful but, I like Zephaniah message the most. Zephaniah message is worthwhile because it talks about the day God comes back “The Great Judgment Day of God”. The “Great judgment Day of God” is also known as the “Day of the Lord” and is payday. I see it as the day you will have to pay the consequences for not listening to your father. For those who has not follow God’s commandants that day is dark and frightening. Zephaniah message consists of the Day of the Lord, Nations

Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham a small town in England. Zephaniah wasn’t well educated as a young boy, he finished school at thirteen and could barely read and write. He calls his work “street politics” this was an influence from his Jamaican background as well as black Caribbean tradition. His first public performance was in a local English church and only at 10 years of age. Later on in his life at fifteen year old he had developed a strong following in his home town and this is how

confidence and urgency in an era of trouble times, a period in which they were living. Over a span of 130- to 150-year period that began in about 620 B.C.E, which contained Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, Zechariah, and perhaps Obadiah and Zephaniah. Their lives and service predated and spanned the most violent age in man's history. History has demonstrated the ascent and decline of nations; as well, how they created a

Identity is portrayed similarly in “half caste” and “no problem” because they are both about race and their struggle to be acknowledged as a person. Both poets John Agard and Benjamin Zephaniah use language, for and structure to show the struggle. When John Agard wrote “half caste” he was showing that half castes were treated differently, half a person. This point is conveyed when the poet wrote “But yu must come back tomorrow with de whole of yu eye…ear...mind”. The poet uses colloquial language

Benjamin Zephaniah uses repetition and irony in “White Comedy” to shine light on racial tensions in the world. He emphasizes the word black and the negative words associated with it. The word white is used in place of it to show how one word can change the meaning of other words next to it. This poem helps the reader understand that seeing the earth in black and white could harm someone’s outlook on different world problems. We see that if you substitute the word black for white, not including white

Zephaniah may describe itself in the time of King Josiah, but it was influenced by the kings before him as well. The two previous kings before Josiah were Manasseh and his son Amon. Both of these kings were wicked in the eyes of Yahweh and worshiped other gods. In the book of II Kings, we are introduced to Manasseh and his reign, “ He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to

and shame to prosper in a new life she has created. Benjamin Zephaniah is a Jamaican author and poet. Who was born in Birmingham England, He grew up in east