LEADER 03487nam 22005775 450 001 9911046617203321 005 20230629224957.0 010 $a9781646021307 010 $a1646021304 024 7 $a10.1515/9781646021321 035 $a(CKB)4940000000608423 035 $a(DE-B1597)590052 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781646021321 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6612777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6612777 035 $a(OCoLC)1251449860 035 $a(Perlego)4395423 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000608423 100 $a20210729h20212021 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFirst Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods /$fMatthew J. Lynch 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aUniversity Park, PA :$cPenn State University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (144 p.) 225 0 $aCritical Studies in the Hebrew Bible ;$v12 311 08$a9781646021321 311 08$a1646021320 311 08$a9781575068398 311 08$a1575068397 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAbbreviations --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Rhetoric of Exaltation and Abasement in First Isaiah --$tChapter 2. Yahweh?s Exaltation in Isaiah 2:6?22 --$tChapter 3. Enemy Boasts and Prophetic Response in Isaiah 10 --$tChapter 4. The Folly of the Gods in Isaiah 19 --$tChapter 5. Conclusions and Comparison --$tAppendixes --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Subjects --$tIndex of Authors --$tIndex of Scripture 330 $aIsaiah 1?39 uses the unique term אל?ל?ם?usually translated as ?idols?? more than anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Using this linguistic phenomenon as a point of departure, Matthew J. Lynch reexamines the rhetorical strategies of First Isaiah, revealing a stronger monotheizing rhetoric than previously recognized.Standard accounts of Israelite religion frequently insist that monotheism reached its apex during the exile, and especially in Deutero-Isaiah. By contrast, Lynch?s study brings to light an equally potent mode of monotheizing in First Isaiah. Lynch identifies three related rhetorical tendencies that emphasize yhwh?s supreme uniqueness: a rhetoric of avoidance, referring to other deities as idols (אל?ל?ם) to avoid conferring on them the status of gods (אלו??ם); a rhetoric of exaltation, emphasizing yhwh?s truly exalted status in opposition to all that which exalted itself; and a rhetoric of abasement, fully subjugating all other claimants to absolute power?whether human or divine?before the divine king.Succinctly and persuasively argued, Lynch?s book will change how biblical scholars understand the nature and development of Israelite monotheism. 410 0$aCritical Studies in the Hebrew Bible 606 $aMonotheism 606 $aRhetoric in the Bible 606 $aRELIGION / Bible / Commentaries / Old Testament$2bisacsh 615 0$aMonotheism. 615 0$aRhetoric in the Bible. 615 7$aRELIGION / Bible / Commentaries / Old Testament. 676 $a224/.106 700 $aLynch$b Matthew J.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01862149 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911046617203321 996 $aFirst Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods$94468375 997 $aUNINA