The black hole in Isaiah : a study of exile as a literary theme / Frederik Poulsen.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Poulsen, Frederik, author.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 125.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Isaiah--Criticism, Narrative.

Bible.

Bible. Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Isaiah.

Jews--History--Babylonian captivity, 598 B.C.-515 B.C.

Jews.

History.

Physical Description:

XIV, 475 ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2019]

Summary:

Publisher's description: Frederik Poulsen investigates exile as a literary and theological theme in the book of Isaiah. While other biblical writings explicitly depict the destruction of Jerusalem and the inhabitants' deportation to Babylon in the early sixth century BCE, Isaiah is apparently silent. At the center of the book where readers would expect to find an account of these traumatic and defining events, there is just a strange gap. The author argues that the curious break between chapters 39 and 40 indicates an anti-climax - a destroyed and forsaken Jerusalem - and that several passages stress its importance by either pointing forward to it or looking back at it. Frederik Poulsen demonstrates that the exile in Isaiah hides itself as a "black hole" at the center of the book and thereby has a decisive influence on the literary structure, poetic imagery, and theological message of this prophetic scroll.

Notes:

Dissertation University of Copenhagen, 2018

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

3161568621

9783161568626

9783161568633

316156863X

OCLC:

1082416989