The Isaianic Denkschrift and a socio-cultural crisis in Yehud : : a rereading of Isaiah 6:1-9:6[7] / / Alexander V. Prokhorov.

• Superior document: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; Volume 261
• VerfasserIn: Prokhorov, Alexander,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, [Germany] : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; Volume 261.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The foundational question that provided an entry point for the present work was whether Isaiah 6:1-9:6 is, minor exceptions notwithstanding, an inherently integral, single-layer text. Some influential exegetes of the early twentieth century maintained that such indeed was the case, while their later colleagues generally discarded that view. Based on a fresh reading of the material, the present author asserts that the continuity within it extends significantly farther than was previously thought. The rich, multi-faceted coherence of the discourse presents ample grounds to reject the theory of a composite origin of the Isaianic Denkschrift. Approaching the text with the help of several socio-anthropological models, the present author outlines the pragmatic structure of the discourse. That structure, combined with the analysis of linguistic and thematic correspondences between the target text and some other Isaianic and non-Isaianic materials, allows the present author to propose a historical setting for Isaiah 6:1-9:6 that ties in with recent studies of the trajectories of development of Judaean literature in the Persian period. The present work calls for a rethinking of the literary history of Isaiah 1-39 and entails possible repercussions for the historiography of the Israelite religion.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; List of Tables; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 A Brief Overview of First Isaiah Research; 1.2 The Denkschrift-Hypothesis and the Position of the Present Study; 1.3 The Structure of the Present Study and a Note on the Use of Some Terms ; 2. The Material and the Method of Analysis ; 2.1 The Scope and the Sub-division of the Text; 2.1.1 The Scope of the Denkschrift; 2.1.1.1 The Start of the Composition; 2.1.1.2 The End of the Composition ; 2.1.1.3 Isaiah 6 : 12-13 and 7 : 18-25 ; 2.1.2 The Units of the Denkschrift

2.2 The Nature of the Material2.3 The Method; 2.3.1 The Denkschrift as a Continuous Discourse: A Justification of the Approach; 2.3.2 The Denkschrift as a Continuous Discourse: Three Socio-Anthropological Perspectives ; 2.3.2.1 A Perspective of Cultural Identity; 2.3.2.2 A Behavioural Perspective; 2.3.2.3 A Cognitive Perspective; 2.3.3 The Denkschrift as a Continuous Discourse: Matching the Perspectives to the Material; 2.3.3.1 Engagement with the Symbolic Universe; 2.3.3.2 Connection to Social Institutions; 2.3.3.3 Definition of Roles ; 2.3.3.4 Summary

3.2.2.2.1 Ahaz, Yahweh and the Prophet: A Triangle of Tension 3.2.2.2.2 Intra-Community Rhetoric; 3.2.2.2.3 Cultural Polemics: Promotion of Yahweh and Judah; 3.2.3 Isaiah 7: A Summary; 3.3 Isaiah 8 : 1-9 : 6; 3.3.1 Translation ; 3.3.2 Analysis of the Text; 3.3.2.1 The Primary Features and Progression of the Text; 3.3.2.1.1 Isaiah 8 : 1-9 : 6 in Relation to Chs. 6-7 ; 3.3.2.1.2 Features and Progression of 8 : 1-9 : 6 ; 3.3.2.2 Themes and Images of Isaiah 8 : 1-9 : 6; 3.3.2.2.1 "Fear Not But Fear" (8 : 12-13); 3.3.2.2.2 The "Prophetess" (8 : 3) and the Image of Family in the Denkschrift

4.1.2.1 A Cognitive Socio-Anthropological Perspective