The Return of YHWH : : The Tension between Deliverance and Repentance in Isaiah 40–55 / / Blaženka Scheuer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Scheuer, Blaženka,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 377
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The History of Research --; 3. Sin, Repentance and Transformation --; 4. The Idol-Worshippers --; 5. Jeremiah and Ezekiel --; 6. Deliverance and Repentance --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110211023; 9783110238570; 9783110238549; 9783110638165; 9783110212129; 9783110212136; 9783110209280
• ISSN: 0934-2575
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110211023
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Blaženka Scheuer.

The theology of Isaiah 40-55 has two seemingly contradictory aspects: the tension between the consolatory message of deliverance, and the harsh tone of accusation and the call to repentance. This study argues that such tension does not necessarily disclose a different authorship, but that it expresses the basic nature of the relationship between YHWH and the Israelites, in which the actions of YHWH and the actions of the people stand in a relationship of interdependence. Such interdependence is essential for the re-establishment and the continued existence of the relationship between YHWH and his people, as well as for shaping the identity of both the exiled and the non-exiled Israelite communities in the latter part of the sixth century B.C.E.