Essays on prophecy and canon : the rise of a new model for interpretation / Christopher R. Seitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seitz, Christopher R., author.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 149.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 149

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Prophets.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

XIII, 412 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2021]

Summary:

"The present volume consists of twenty essays on the Prophetic Books, with a major focus on Isaiah as well as the Minor Prophets and Jeremiah. They span a period of roughly thirty-five years and trace a methodological shift away from the excavation of the individual prophet and setting toward an appreciation of a book or a collection in its final form, as an intentionally shaped accomplishment. An introductory chapter places the individual contributions in their original settings-in-composition and in relationship to one another. A description in this chapter of the period in which the author was trained in Germany and at Yale University enables the reader to comprehend the »rise of a new model of interpretation,« now referred to as canonical reading or canonical interpretation. The essays come alongside published commentary treatments of Isaiah and Joel, as well as public lectures delivered in the 1980s through the present decade." --Provided by publisher

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction : The Rise of a New Model for Biblical Interpretation

The Book of Isaiah : Beyond the Three-Isaiah Model for Interpretation

Account A and the Annals of Sennacherib : A Reassessment

On the Question of Divisions Internal to the Book of Isaiah

The Divine Council : Temporal Transition and New Prophecy in the Book of Isaiah

How is the Prophet Isaiah Present in the Latter Half of the Book? The Logic of Chapters 40-66 within the Book of Isaiah

"You are my Servant, You are the Israel in whom I will be glorified" The Servant Songs and the Effect of Literary Context in Isaiah

Isaiah and the Search for a New Paradigm : Authorship and Inspiration

The Prophets : Beyond the Chronological Model for Interpretation

Prophecy and Tradition-History : The Achievement of Gerhard von Rad

What Lesson Will History Teach? : The Book of the Twelve as Historyded by publisher The Book of the Twelve : New Horizons for Canonical Readings, with Hermeneutical Reflections

The Unique Achievement of the Book of the Twelve : Neither Redactional Unity Nor Anthology

The Prophetic Division of the Scriptures of Israel : An Overview

Canonical Interpretation : Rethinking Author, Setting, Audience

The Prophet Moses and the Canonical Shape of Jeremiah

Of Mortal Appearance : The Earthly Jesus and Isaiah as a Type of Christian Scripture

The Place of the Reader in the Book of Jeremiah : Reflections for Bible Study

Fixity and Potential in Isaiah

Prophetic Associations

Scriptural Author and Canonical Prophet : The Theological Implications of Literary Association in the Canon

Provenance as a Factor in Interpretation

Prophecy in the History of Interpretation

Prophecy in the Nineteenth Century Reception

The Presentation of History in the Book of Isaiah

Bibliography

List of First Publications Index of Sources

Index of Names

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161608438

3161608437

OCLC:

1261050241