Understanding the Day of Yahweh lies in its use and
development and not in its origin. The prophets
employed the Day of Yahweh as a rhetorical strategy
to address specific situations. Using Kenneth Burke,
especially his pentadic analysis, we trace the
development of motive on the Day of Yahweh from
before the fall of Jerusalem, through its fall and
the exilic period, and into the post-exilic period.
We see that pre 587 BCE prophecies differ radically
than post 587 BCE ones and that the Day of Yahweh
as "the day Yahweh acts" fails to capture Yahwehs
motive on that day. The "origin...