The rhetorical design of Isaiah 40-48/55 : : Zion's incomparable saviour and his servants / / by Pieter van der Lugt.

• Superior document: Oudtestamentische studiën ; Volume 82
• VerfasserIn: Lugt, Pieter van der (Biblical scholar),
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Oudtestamentische studiën ; Volume 82.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (730 pages)
• Notes: This book analyzes the `strophic' structure of the poems in Isaiah 40-48 and discusses the consequence of this approach for their interpretation. Among other things, the autor takes a critical stand as to the `redaktionsgeschichtliche' approach of the poems concerned.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004514768; 9789004513976
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Pieter van der Lugt.

In this volume, Pieter van der Lugt offers a comprehensive analysis of the rhetorical structure of Isaiah. As in his previous studies on the Book of Job and the Psalter the author demonstrates that classical Hebrew poetry displays a well-defined structure consisting of balanced main parts (cantos) and subdivision into strophes. This rhetorical starting point is of crucial importance for the delimitation of the individual poems in Isaiah 40-48 and in many cases determines their interpretation. Subsequently, it is demonstrated that the successive compositions form well-defined and coherent cycles of poems.