Concentricity and continuity [[electronic resource] ] : the literary structure of Isaiah / / Robert H. O'Connell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782241503321
• Autore: O'Connell Robert H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1994
• ISBN: 1-281-80339-1; 9786611803391; 0-567-61582-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 188
• Disciplina: 224.1066; 224/.1066
• Soggetti: Criticism, Textual
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 ISAIAH 1:1-2:5: CAMEO OF A COVENANT DISPUTATION; Chapter 2 ISAIAH 2:6-22: THREAT OF JUDGMENT ON IDOLATERS; Chapter 3 ISAIAH 3:1-4:1: THREAT OF JUDGMENT ON THE UNJUST; Chapter 4 ISAIAH 4:2-12:6: THE SYRO-EPHRAIMITE-ASSYRIAN SCHEME FOR ZION'S JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION; Chapter 5 ISAIAH 13:1-39:8: THE ASSYRIAN-BABYLONIAN SCHEME FOR ZION'S JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION; Chapter 6 ISAIAH 40:1-54:17: YHWH'S EXONERATION; Chapter 7 ISAIAH 55:1-66:24: FINAL ULTIMATUM; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This monograph explores the structure and rhetoric of the book of Isaiah. Its thesis is twofold. First, the book of Isaiah best manifests its structural unity, thematic choherence and rhetorical emphasis when read as an exemplar of prophetic covenant disputation. Second, the principal arrangement of the book comprises seven asymmetrical concentric sections, each made up of complex (triadic and quadratic) framing patterns. They are: an exordium (1.1, 2-5), two threats of judgment (2.6-21; 3.1-4.1), two programmes for the punishment and restoration of Zion and the nations (4.2-11.16; 13.1-39.8),