Prophecy and propaganda
Subtitle: images of enemies in the book of Isaiah
By: Göran Eidevall.
Series: Coniectanea biblica. Old testament series -- 54
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781575068060
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Isaiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Enemy in the Bible; God -- Biblical teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Outlining the task : backgrounds and goals; title: On enemy images; title: Enemy images in texts from the ancient Near East; title: Enemy images and biblical exegesis : perspectives on previous research; title: On the book of Isaiah as object of the investigation; title: Problems, goals, and methods; title: Images of empires; title: Isa 5:26-30 : a prologue to the discourse on empires; title: Images of Assyria; title: Images of Egypt and Cush; title: Images of Babylon; title: Empire portraits : comparisons and conclusions; title: Images of neighbouring nations; title: Images of Ephraim/Israel and Aram; title: Images of Edom; title: Images of other neighbouring nations; title: Neighbouring nations : comparisons and conclusions; title: Anonymous enemies; title: Rebels and stubble : characterization of anonymous enemies; title: Key passages; title: Links to images of nations and empires; title: Named and unnamed enemies in a macrostructural perspective; title: Discussion; title: The enemies and yhwh; title: Enemies of YHWH; title: Enemies as instruments in YHWH's service; title: YHWH as enemy; title: YHWH as the enemy's enemy; title: Enemy images, ideology, and identity; title: The Zion-centered perspective and the 701 paradigm; title: Prophecies as political propaganda; title: On enemy images and implied self-images.