Form and intertextuality in prophetic and apocalyptic literature / Marvin A. Sweeney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweeney, Marvin A. (Marvin Alan), 1953-

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament 0940-4155 ; 45.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Prophets.

Apocalyptic literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 295 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2005.

Contents:

The Book of Isaiah as prophetic Torah

On multiple settings in the Book of Isaiah

On ûměśôś in Isaiah 8:6

Prophetic exegesis in Isaiah 65-66

The Masoretic and Septuagint versions of the Book of Jeremiah in synchronic and diachronic perspective

The truth in true and false prophecy

Structure and redaction in Jeremiah 2-6

Jeremiah 30-31 and King Josiah's program of national restoration and religious reform

Ezekiel: Zadokite priest and visionary prophet of the exile

The destruction of Jerusalem as purification in Ezekiel 8-11

The assertion of divine power in Ezekiel 33:21-39:29

Sequence and interpretation in the Book of the twelve

The place and function of Joel in the Book of the twelve

Micah's debate with Isaiah

Zechariah's debate with Isaiah

The priesthood and the proto-apocalyptic reading of prophetic and pentateuchal texts

The end of eschatology in Daniel? Theological and socio-political ramifications of the changing contexts of interpretation

Davidic typology in the forty year war between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness

Pardes revisited once again: a reassessment of the Rabbinic legend concerning the four who entered Pardes.

Notes:

Includes bibliograhical references and indexes.

ISBN:

3161486552

OCLC:

61263876