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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821747803321

Autore

Scheuer Blaženka

Titolo

The return of YHWH [[electronic resource] ] : the tension between deliverance and repentance in Isaiah 40-55 / / Blaženka Scheuer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2008

ISBN

1-281-99073-6

9786611990732

3-11-021102-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, , 0934-2575 ; ; Bd 377

Disciplina

224/.106

Soggetti

Repentance

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 (p. [149]-164).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The History of Research -- 3. Sin, Repentance and Transformation -- 4. The Idol-Worshippers -- 5. Jeremiah and Ezekiel -- 6. Deliverance and Repentance -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The theology of Isaiah 40-55 has two seemingly contradictory aspects: the tension between the consolatory message of deliverance, and the harsh tone of accusation and the call to repentance. This study argues that such tension does not necessarily disclose a different authorship, but that it expresses the basic nature of the relationship between YHWH and the Israelites, in which the actions of YHWH and the actions of the people stand in a relationship of interdependence. Such interdependence is essential for the re-establishment and the continued existence of the relationship between YHWH and