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== Authorship and date ==
The book's superscription attributes its authorship to "Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, in the days of [[Josiah|King Josiah]] son of [[Amon of Judah]],"
The name "Cushi," Zephaniah's father, means "Cushite" or "[[Ethiopia]]n," and the text of Zephaniah mentions the sin and restoration of Ethiopians.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Zeph|2:12|NRSV}}, {{Bibleverse|Zeph|3:9–10|NRSV}}</ref> While some have concluded from this that Zephaniah was a black Jew,{{sfn|Carson et al.|2015|p=1839}} Ehud Ben Zvi maintains that, based on the context, "Cushi" must be understood as a personal name rather than an indicator of nationality.{{sfn|Berlin et al.|2004|p=1235}} [[Abraham ibn Ezra]] interpreted the name Hezekiah in the superscription as [[Hezekiah|King Hezekiah of Judah]], though that is not a claim advanced in the text of Zephaniah.{{sfn|Berlin et al.|2004|p=1235}}
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