Continuity and discontinuity
Subtitle: chronological and thematic development in Isaiah 40-66
By: Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer and Hans M. Barstad (ed.).
Series: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments -- volume 255; Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments -- 255. Heft.
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Göttingen [Germany]; Bristol, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9783525536148; 9783647536149
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Bibel; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Bible
Other titles: Chronological and thematic development in Isaiah 40-66
Description: This volume focuses on the relationship between the different texts within Isaiah 40-66. It re-investigates and challenges the traditional division between chapters 40-55 and 56-66 and explores new ways of reading the last 27 chapters of the book of Isaiah. Each contribution highlights continuity and discontinuity within the last 27 chapters of the book of Isaiah.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259).
Table of contents: title: Continuity and discontinuity in Isaiah 40-66 : history of research  -- Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer; title: Isaiah 56-66 in relation to Isaiah 40-55 : why a new reading is necessary  -- Hans M. Barstad; title: Where does Trito-Isaiah start in the book of Isaiah?  -- Ulrich Berges; title: Continuity-discontinuity in Isaiah 40-66 : the issue of location  -- Joseph Blenkinsopp; title: Fading and flourishing : the rhetorical function of plant imagery in Isaiah 40-66  -- Elizabeth R. Hayes; title: Isaiah 62:1-7 and Psalm 45, or, Two ways to become queen  -- Corinna Körting; title: My way, my right : persuasive discourse in Isaiah 40-66  -- Øystein Lund; title: Divine images, iconophobia and monotheism in Isaiah 40-66  -- Joachim Schaper; title: "Why do you let us wander, O Lord, from your ways?" (Isa 63:17) : clarification of culpability in the last part of the book of Isaiah  -- Blaženka Scheuer; title: New creation instead of new exodus : the innerbiblical exegesis and theological transformations of Isaiah 65:17-25  -- Konrad Schmid; title: Deutero-Isaiah's restoration reconfigured  -- Jacob Stromberg; title: Jacob in Isaiah 40-66 -- H.G.M. Williamson.