The origins of Isaiah 24-27 : Josiah's festival scroll for the fall of Assyria

1. Verfasser: Hays, Christopher B., 1973- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge ; : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 334 pages ; 23 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: "Let it make peace with me": Isaiah 24-27 as Josiah's overture to the North text and translation
  • The rhetoric of chaos: apocalyptic and eschatological interpretations of Isaiah 24-27
  • The royal and divine victory banquet: feasting and the construction of reality
  • Revivification of the dead as national deliverance
  • The lofty city and the army of the height: the archaeology and history of Ramat Raḥel
  • Josiah and the remains of Israel
  • The language of Isaiah 24-27 in light of Hebrew diachrony
  • Stirring the echoes: an intertextual reanalysis of Isaiah 24-27
  • Conclusion: a scribe's story.