Continuity and discontinuity : : chronological and thematic development in Isaiah 40-66 / / Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer and Hans M. Barstad (editor).

• Superior document: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; Volume 255
• TeilnehmendeR: Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia,; Barstad, Hans M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany ;, Bristol, Connecticut : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; Volume 255.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume of collected essays focuses on the relationship between the different texts within Isaiah 40-66. It reinvestigates and challenges the traditional division between chapters 40-55 and 56-66 and explores new ways of reading the last 27 chapters of the book of Isaiah. Each article examines Isaiah 40-55 and/or Isaiah 56-66 and highlights continuity and discontinuity within this material. Some contributions belong to the tradition of historical-critical research. They examine existing models of textual development of Isa 40-66 and offer new suggestions. They also explore the interpla

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Foreword; Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Continuity and Discontinuity in Isaiah 40 - 66. History of Research; Hans M. Barstad: Isaiah 56 - 66 in Relation to Isaiah 40 - 55. Why a New Reading is Necessary; Ulrich Berges: Where Does Trito-Isaiah Start in the Book of Isaiah?; Joseph Blenkinsopp: Continuity-Discontinuity in Isaiah 40 - 66. The Issue of Location; Elizabeth R. Hayes: Fading and Flourishing. The Rhetorical Function of Plant Imagery in Isaiah 40 - 66; Corinna Körting: Isaiah 62:1 - 7 and Psalm 45 - or - Two Ways to Become Queen

Øystein Lund: My Way - My Right. Persuasive Discourse in Isaiah 40 - 66Joachim Schaper: Divine Images, Iconophobia and Monotheism in Isaiah 40-66; Blazenka Scheuer: "Why Do You Let Us Wander, O Lord, From Your Ways?" (Isa 63:17). Clarification of Culpability in the Last Part of the Book of Isaiah; Konrad Schmid: New Creation Instead of New Exodus. The Innerbiblical Exegesis and Theological Transformations of Isaiah 65:17 - 25; Jacob Stromberg: Deutero-Isaiah's Restoration Reconfigured; H.G.M. Williamson: Jacob in Isaiah 40 - 66; Abbreviations; Contributors; Bibliography; Back Cover