Unity in the Book of Isaiah / edited by Benedetta Rossi, Dominic S. Irudayaraj and Gina Hens-Piazza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rossi, Benedetta, editor.

Irudayaraj, Dominic S., editor.

Hens-Piazza, Gina, 1948- editor.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 732.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 732

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Intertextuality in the Bible.

Bible. Isaiah.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2024.

Summary:

"Approaches the Book of Isaiah through the concept of unity in order to explore the challenges of this perspective and also outline new directions in the unity movement and encourage further holistic readings of the text"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Gina Hens-Piazza, Dominic S. Irudayaraj and Benedetta Rossi

Section one. World behind the text . The "unity" of the Book of Isaiah: a personal review and outlook / Ulrich Berges

Two steps forward, one step back: methodological reflections on reading Isaiah as a unity / H. G. M. Williamson

E pluribus unum: finding intertextual threads that unite the book of Isaiah / Hyun Chul Paul Kim

Tracking the scribal rrails in the Book of Isaiah: the Sabbath affair / Benedetta Rossi

Concept of history in the Book of Isaiah / Peter Dubovský

The remnants of a figural past: symmetry, analogy, and the search for a holy seed in the Book of Isaiah / Jacob Stromberg

Section two. World of the text. The unity of the Book of Isaiah: more than a memory game or a fata morgana? / Willem A. M. Beuken

Jacob as a unifying motif in the Book of Isaiah / Marvin A. Sweeney

Can Jeremiah quote Deutero- or Trito- Isaiah? Its impact on the "unity" movement in Isaiah studies / Georg Fischer

Blindness in discourse: cognitive links in Isaiah through the metaphors in Isaiah 42-43 as test cases / Boris Lazzaro

Section three. World in front of the text

"Desolate" depictions in Isaiah: approaching the unity question, anew! / Dominic S. Irudayaraj

Zion's destiny as theological disclosure: mapping of a metaphor across Isaiah / Gina Hens-Piazza

Between absurdity and hope: suffering in the Book of Isaiah / Blaženka Scheuer

The Isaianic "unity movement" from a perspective of trauma studies: with a special focus on Isaiah 1-12 / Elizabeth Esterhuizen and Alphonso Groenewald

Unity and translation criticism: the case of the Peshitta translation / Attila Bodor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-270) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567705938

0567705935

9780567705969

056770596X

OCLC:

1410463719

Publisher Number:

40032366452