Jerusalem and the nations
Subtitle: studies in the Book of Isaiah
By: Ronald E. Clements
Series: Hebrew Bible monographs -- 16.; Hebrew Bible monographs -- 16.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sheffield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781905048816
Subjects: Bible; Judaism; Criticism, interpretation; Jerusalem in the Bible; History of Biblical events; Prophecy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I.; title: Prophecy in New Perspective: -- 1.; title: Prophecy Interpreted: Recent Study of the Prophetic Literature -- -- 2.; title: Max Weber, Charisma and Biblical Prophecy -- -- 3.; title: Isaiah: A Book without an Ending? -- -- 4.; title: Written Prophecy: The Case of the Isaiah Memoir. Isa. 6.1-8.16 --; title: Part II.; title: Isaiah and Jerusalem's Deliverance in 701 BCE: -- 5.; title: The Politics of Blasphemy: Jerusalem and the Threat of Imperialism. -- -- 6.; title: Isaiah's Prophecies and Hezekiah's Alliance with Egypt. Isa. 28.1 - 31.9. -- -- 7.; title: Sennacherib and Hezekiah -- (1) The Saving of Jerusalem. Isa. 36-37. -- 8.; title: Sennacherib and Hezekiah -- (2) The Saving of the King. Isa. 38-39. -- 9.; title: The Historical Origin of the Account of Jerusalem's Deliverance -- -- 10.; title: The Literary Context of the Account of Jerusalem's Deliverance -- -- Part III.; title: The Book of Isaiah in a Persian Context: -- 11.; title: Isa. 14.24-27. An Important Passage Reconsidered -- -- 12.; title: Isaiah 53 and the Restoration of Israel -- -- 13.; title: A Light to the Nations.. Isa.60.1-22 -- -- 14.; title: Zion as Symbol and Political Reality -- -- 15.; title: Isaiah 1 as Introduction to the Book -- -- 16.; title: Epilogue. The Legacy of Apocalyptic.