The desert will bloom : poetic visions in Isaiah / edited by A. Joseph Everson and Hyun Chul Paul Kim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Everson, A. Joseph, 1937-

Kim, Hyun Chul Paul, 1965-

Series:

Society of Biblical Literature ancient Israel and its literature ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Bible. Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Isaiah--Language, style--Congresses.

Physical Description:

xii, 299 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Poetic imagination, intertextuality, and life in a symbolic world / Roy F. Melugin

Persistent vegetative states : people as plants and plants as people in Isaiah / Patricia K. Tull

Like a mother I have comforted you: the function of figurative language in Isaiah 1:7-26 and 66:7-14 / Chris A. Franke

A bitter memory : Isaiah's commission in Isaiah 6:1-13 / A. Joseph Everson

Poetic vision in Isaiah 7:18-25 / H. G. M. Williamson

Yhwh's sovereign rule and his adoration on Mount Zion : a comparison of poetic visions in Isaiah 24-27, 52, and 66 / Willem A. M. Beuken

The legacy of Josiah in Isaiah 40-55 / Marvin A. Sweeney

Spectrality in the prologue to Deutero-Isaiah / Francis Landy

The spider-poet : signs and symbols in Isaiah 41 / Hyun Chul Paul Kim

Consider the source : a reading of the servant's identity and task in Isaiah 42:1-9 / James M. Kennedy

"They all gather, they come to you" : history, utopia, and the reading of Isaiah 49:18-26 and 60:4-16 / Roy D. Wells

From desolation to delight : the transformative vision of Isaiah 60-62 / Carol J. Dempsey

The nations' journey to Zion : pilgrimage and tribute as metaphor in the book of Isaiah / Gary Stansell.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-58983-426-7

OCLC:

922968012