The desert will bloom
Subtitle: poetic visions in Isaiah
By: edited by A. Joseph Everson and Hyun Chul Paul Kim.
Contributors: Everson, A. Joseph, 1937-; Kim, Hyun Chul Paul, 1965-
Series: Society of Biblical Literature ancient Israel and its literature -- 4
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781589834255
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Isaiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Isaiah -- Language, style -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Poetic imagination, intertextuality, and life in a symbolic world / Roy F. Melugin; title: Persistent vegetative states : people as plants and plants as people in Isaiah / Patricia K. Tull; title: Like a mother I have comforted you: the function of figurative language in Isaiah 1:7-26 and 66:7-14 / Chris A. Franke; title: A bitter memory : Isaiah's commission in Isaiah 6:1-13 / A. Joseph Everson; title: Poetic vision in Isaiah 7:18-25 / H. G. M. Williamson; title: Yhwh's sovereign rule and his adoration on Mount Zion : a comparison of poetic visions in Isaiah 24-27, 52, and 66 / Willem A. M. Beuken; title: The legacy of Josiah in Isaiah 40-55 / Marvin A. Sweeney; title: Spectrality in the prologue to Deutero-Isaiah / Francis Landy; title: The spider-poet : signs and symbols in Isaiah 41 / Hyun Chul Paul Kim; title: Consider the source : a reading of the servant's identity and task in Isaiah 42:1-9 / James M. Kennedy; title: "They all gather, they come to you" : history, utopia, and the reading of Isaiah 49:18-26 and 60:4-16 / Roy D. Wells; title: From desolation to delight : the transformative vision of Isaiah 60-62 / Carol J. Dempsey; title: The nations' journey to Zion : pilgrimage and tribute as metaphor in the book of Isaiah / Gary Stansell.