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Scribal culture and intertextuality : literary and historical relationships between Job and Deutero-Isaiah / JiSeong James Kwon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kwon, JiSeong James, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 1611-4914 2. Reihe ; 85.
- Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 85
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Job--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Isaiah, XL-LV--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Intertextuality in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 277 pages).
- Edition:
- 1. Aufl.
- Place of Publication:
- Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]
- Summary:
- JiSeong James Kwon discusses similar linguistic expressions and themes between Job and Deutero-Isaiah, and attempts to find out a common historical background. He argues that both Job and Deutero-Isaiah significantly reflect common scribal ideas, although each text belongs to wisdom and prophetic genre. - From the back of the book.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The scope of the text
- The book of Job
- Deutero-Isaiah
- Literature review
- Assumptions and methods
- The distinctive relationship between Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- The comparative study between Job and Deutero- Isaiah
- Scholarly claims
- Types of resemblance
- Vocabulary
- Style and form
- Theme and motif
- Types of explanation offered
- Explicit and intentional reference
- Implicit reference
- Reference to a common literary source
- Critical reflections
- Limits of literary reference
- The nature of ancient texts
- Analogy
- Dating texts
- Literary dating
- Dating of Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- The misuse of intertextuality
- Theory of intertextuality
- Intertextual study in the Old Testament
- Intertextual study in Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- Conclusion
- Resemblances between Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- Examining common themes and terms
- Theodicy and suffering servant
- Theodicy
- Suffering servant
- Creation and monotheism
- Creation
- Monotheism
- Terms linked to common themes
- Terms of suffering servant
- Terms of creation
- Examining parallel expressions
- "Mighty in power" (Job 9:4; Isa 40:26)
- "He who alone stretched out the heavens" (Job 9:8; Isa 44:24)
- "Beyond investigation" (Job 9:10; Isa 40:28)
- "What are you doing?" (Job 9:12; Isa 45:9)
- "The hand of Yahweh has done this" (Job 12:9; Isa41:20)
- Job and Deutero-Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible
- Pentateuchal and Deuteronomistic texts
- Job and pentateuchal, deuteronomistic texts
- Deutero-Isaiah and pentateuchal, deuteronomistic texts
- The Book of Jeremiah
- Job and Jeremiah
- Deutero-Isaiah and Jeremiah
- First and third Isaiah
- Job and first, third Isaiah
- Deutero-Isaiah and first, third Isaiah
- The book of Psalms
- Job and Psalms
- Deutero-Isaiah and Psalms
- The book of Lamentations
- Job and Lamentations
- Deutero-Isaiah and Lamentations
- Other prophetic books
- Job and prophetic books
- Deutero-Isaiah and prophetic books
- Other wisdom books
- Job and proverbs
- Job and ecclesiastes
- Scribal culture in Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- Scribes and scribal culture
- Scribes as the Literati
- The extent of literacy
- Scribes in ancient near east and Israel
- The identity of scribes
- The continuity of scribal culture
- Identity and definition of scribes
- Scribes as Biblical writers
- ... in the Hebrew Bible
- Scribe in the second temple period
- Interpretation of Biblical evidence
- Jeremiah, Baruch, and Scribe : Jeremiah 36
- Education, textuality, and enculturation
- David Carr
- Karel van der Toorn
- Further discussion : sages, prophets, and scribal culture
- Sages as Biblical writers
- Prophets as Biblical writers
- Form criticism and scribal culture
- Summary
- Intellectual background of Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- Literary dependence of Job on foreign literature
- Sumerian literature
- Babylonian literature
- Dialogue between a man and his God
- The Babylonian Job
- The Babylonian Theodicy
- A pessimistic dialogue between master and servant
- Ugaritic literature
- Egyptian literature
- The debate between a man and his soul
- The protests of the Eloquent peasant
- The dialogue of Ipuur and the Lord to the limit
- Evaluation : Job's reference to foreign literature
- Literary dependence of Deutero-Isaiah on foreign literature
- Babylonian inscriptions
- The Cyrus cylinder
- Babylonian royal inscriptions
- Assyrian prophetic oracles
- Oracles of encouragement to Esarhaddon
- The covenant of Aššur and reports to Assurbanipal
- Egyptian prophetic literature
- The prophecy of Neferti
- The words of Khakheperreseneb
- Evaluation : deutero-Isaiah's reference to foreign literature
- Job and Deutero-Isaiah in ancient near eastern culture
- General influence
- Personal and national suffering
- Literary dialogue in Job
- Self-presentation form in Deutero-Isaiah
- Differences in context, idea, and thought
- Considerations
- Scribal ideas in Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- Shared ideas in Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- God's control
- God's control in Job
- God's control in Deutero-Isaiah
- Plan and determinism
- God's freedom
- God's freedom in Job
- God's freedom in Deutero-Isaiah
- Mosaic Covenant
- Implications
- Problems of God's judgment and justice
- Differences between Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- The context of Job and Deutero-Isaiah
- Job and Deutero-Isaiah in the context of the Persian period
- Historical literature
- Hebrew poetry
- Prophetic literature
- Job and Deutero-Isaiah in the context of the Hellenistic Period
- Daniel
- Ecclesiastes
- Job and Deutero-Isaiah in the ancient near eastern context
- Divine intervention
- Personal piety and divine sovereignty
- Bibliography
- Index of references
- Author index
- Subject index.
- Notes:
- Revised thesis (Ph.D.) - Durham University, UK, 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-251) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-16-154398-X
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