Isaiah 34-35 : a nightmare/a dream / Peter D. Miscall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn-Miscall, Peter D., 1943-

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 281.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 281

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Bible. O.T. Isaiah XXXIV-XXXV--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By a poetic analysis of Isaiah 34-35 as a single poem, the reading explores in depth its imagery, themes and structure. Attention to detail is combined with wide-ranging discussions of reading and interpretation, which revolve around the contrasting, and strangely interrelated, scenes of destruction (nightmare) and restoration (dream) found in the two parts of the poem. The poem emerges as an integral part of Isaiah, which is treated as a single work. The consistency is revealed in parallel terms, images and structure. Implications of the analysis and mode of reading for the whole of Isaiah ar

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 READING THE POEM; Chapter 3 READING ISAIAH; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611814472

9781281814470

1281814474

9780567380135

0567380130

OCLC:

276368258