The black hole in Isaiah: a study of exile as a literary theme
Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Approaches to the study of exile -- Recent studies on exile in Isaiah -- Methodological considerations -- The structure of the monograph -- Chapter 1. Entering into the black hole -- 1.1. The gap between Isaiah 39 and 40 -- 1.2. Entering down...
| Summary: | Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Approaches to the study of exile -- Recent studies on exile in Isaiah -- Methodological considerations -- The structure of the monograph -- Chapter 1. Entering into the black hole -- 1.1. The gap between Isaiah 39 and 40 -- 1.2. Entering down into Sheol (Isaiah 5:11-17) -- 1.2.1. Isaiah 5:11-17: Text and translation -- 1.2.2. Isaiah 5:11-12: Woe to the drunkards who neglect YHWH -- 1.2.3. Isaiah 5:13-17: Exile, death, and a ruined city -- 1.2.4. Summing up -- 1.3. The hidden God -- 1.3.1. YHWH's hiddenness -- 1.3.2. YHWH's anger -- 1.3.3. YHWH's silence -- 1.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Anticipating exile: Oracles of doom -- 2.1. The destruction of Jerusalem and the exile in the Old Testament -- 2.1.1. Destruction and exile narrated and interpreted -- 2.1.2. Destruction and exile anticipated -- 2.2. Exile and vast emptiness (Isaiah 6:1-13) -- 2.2.1. The vision (Isaiah 6:1-7) -- 2.2.1.1. Isaiah 6:1-7: Text and translation -- 2.2.1.2. Isaiah 6:1-4: The sovereign judge -- 2.2.1.3. Isaiah 6:5-7: The prophet's reaction and cleansing -- 2.2.2. The mission (Isaiah 6:8-13) -- 2.2.2.1. Isaiah 6:8-13: Text and translation -- 2.2.2.2. Isaiah 6:8-10: The sending of the prophet and his message -- 2.2.2.3. Isaiah 6:11-13: Deportation and complete destruction -- 2.2.3. Summing up -- 2.3. Jerusalem is doomed (Isaiah 22:1-14) -- 2.3.1. Isaiah 22:1-14: Text and translation -- 2.3.2. Isaiah 22:1-4: The besieged Jerusalem and the weeping prophet -- 2.3.3. Isaiah 22:5-8a: The enemy attack -- 2.3.4. Isaiah 22:8b-11: Defense rather than faith -- 2.3.5. Isaiah 22:12-13: Festival rather than fasting -- 2.3.6. Isaiah 22:14: Death without forgiveness -- 2.3.7. Summing up -- 2.4. Everything shall be carried off to Babylon (Isaiah 39:1-8) -- 2.4.1. Isaiah 39:1-8: Text and translation 2.4.2. Isaiah 39:1-2: The visit from Babylon -- 2.4.3. Isaiah 39:3-4: The prophet's interview -- 2.4.4. Isaiah 39:5-8: The prophetic word of doom -- 2.4.5. Summing up -- 2.5. Zion has become a wilderness (Isaiah 63:7-64:11) -- 2.5.1. Review of history and the confession of sin -- 2.5.2. Isaiah 63:17-19a: Enemies took control of the people's land -- 2.5.3. Isaiah 64:7-11: Fire has destroyed the temple -- 2.5.4. Summing up -- 2.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Embodying exile: Typological figures -- 3.1. Figures of exile as a biblical theme -- 3.1.1. Excurses on the figures of Cain and Jonah -- 3.1.1.1. Driven away from the land (Cain) -- 3.1.1.2. Down into the deep of the sea (Jonah) -- 3.2. The naked prophet (Isaiah 20:1-6) -- 3.2.1. The literary genre of sign acts -- 3.2.2. Isaiah 20:1-6: Text and translation -- 3.2.3. Isaiah 20:1-4: Acting out exile -- 3.2.4. Isaiah 20:5-6: Consequences for the audience -- 3.2.5. Excurses on other prophetic sign acts about exile -- 3.2.5.1. Jeremiah's isolation (Jeremiah 16:1-13) -- 3.2.5.2. Ezekiel's departure from his house (Ezekiel 12:1-16) -- 3.2.5.3. Nebuchadnezzar's capture of Egypt (Jeremiah 43:8-13) -- 3.2.6. Summing up -- 3.3. Shebna and Eliakim (Isaiah 22:15-25) -- 3.3.1. Shebna -- 3.3.1.1. Isaiah 22:15-19: Text and translation -- 3.3.1.2. Isaiah 22:15-16: Shebna's transgression -- 3.3.1.3. Isaiah 22:17-19: The punishment of exile and death -- 3.3.1.4. Excurses on parallel stories of exiled individuals -- 3.3.1.4.1. Amaziah (Amos 7:10-17) -- 3.3.1.4.2. Pashur (Jeremiah 20:1-6) -- 3.3.1.4.3. Jehoiachin (Jeremiah 22:24-30 -- 2 Kings 24:8-17) -- 3.3.2. Eliakim -- 3.3.2.1. Isaiah 22:20-25: Text and translation -- 3.3.2.2. Isaiah 22:20-25: The call and fall of Eliakim -- 3.3.3. Shebna and Eliakim as types for Judean kings -- 3.3.4. Summing up -- 3.4. Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:1-22) 3.4.1. Previous studies on exilic imagery in Isaiah 38 -- 3.4.2. The narrative and psalm in Isaiah 38 -- 3.4.2.1. Differences between 2 Kings 20:1-11 and Isaiah 38 -- 3.4.2.2. Interaction between narrative and psalm in Isaiah 38 -- 3.4.3. Isaiah 38:1-8: Narrative frame -- 3.4.4. Isaiah 38:9-20: The psalm of Hezekiah -- 3.4.4.1. The textual form of the psalm -- 3.4.4.2. Isaiah 38:9-20: Text and translation -- 3.4.4.3. The literary form and structure of the psalm -- 3.4.4.4. Isaiah 38:9: The heading -- 3.4.4.5. Isaiah 38:10-12a: Removal and isolation -- 3.4.4.6. Isaiah 38:12b-14: Destruction and complaint -- 3.4.4.7. Isaiah 38:15-17a: Judgment and restlessness -- 3.4.4.8. Isaiah 38:17b-20: Anticipation of salvation -- 3.4.5. Isaiah 38:21-22: Narrative frame -- 3.4.6. Summing up -- 3.5. The suffering servant (Isaiah 52:13-53:12) -- 3.5.1. Literary motifs of exile in the servant portrait -- 3.5.1.1. Isaiah 53:7-9: The servant's deportation and grave -- 3.5.2. Attempts to identify the figure in the context of exile -- 3.5.2.1. King Jehoiachin in Babylonian captivity -- 3.5.2.2. The people of Israel in exile -- 3.5.3. Summing up -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Slavery and captivity: Political and spatial images -- 4.1. A voice breaking the gap of silence (Isaiah 40:1-2) -- 4.1.1. Isaiah 40:1-2: Text and translation -- 4.1.2. Isaiah 40:1-2: Heavenly comfort replaces heavy punishment -- 4.2. Images of slavery and imprisonment -- 4.2.1. Isaiah 14:1-4a: Slaves become masters -- 4.2.2. Isaiah 42:6b-7: Liberating prisoners from dark dungeons -- 4.2.3. Isaiah 42:22: A people robbed and trapped in holes -- 4.2.4. Isaiah 51:13b-14: Fear of the oppressive tyrant -- 4.2.5. Isaiah 52:1-6: The bond of slavery shall be loosened -- 4.2.6. Summing up -- 4.3. The redemptive power of YHWH -- 4.3.1. Isaiah 43:1-4: Redemption through ransom 4.3.2. Isaiah 43:14-21: A way out of confinement -- 4.3.3. Summing up -- 4.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Scattering and dispersion: Geographical images -- 5.1. The motif of scattering in the Old Testament -- 5.2. Gathering and reunifying the scattered people (Isaiah 11:11-16) -- 5.2.1. Isaiah 11:11-16: Text and translation -- 5.2.2. Isaiah 11:11-12: Redemption and gathering of the dispersed -- 5.2.3. Isaiah 11:13-14: Reunification and reconquest -- 5.2.4. Isaiah 11:15-16: Splitting the river into streams -- 5.2.5. Summing up -- 5.3. The great shofar shall sound (Isaiah 27:7-13) -- 5.3.1. Isaiah 27:7-13: Text and translation -- 5.3.2. Isaiah 27:7: Did Israel cease to exist? -- 5.3.3. Isaiah 27:8-9: Blast away by the wind -- 5.3.4. Isaiah 27:12-13: Gathering the harvest -- 5.3.5. Summing up -- 5.4. YHWH's gathering of his dispersed flock -- 5.4.1. Isaiah 40:10-11: The divine warrior and shepherd -- 5.4.2. Isaiah 43:5-7: Brought home from far away -- 5.4.3. Isaiah 49:9b-12: The returning flock -- 5.4.4. Summing up -- 5.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Blindness and disorientation: Cognitive images -- 6.1. Knowledge and ignorance in the Old Testament -- 6.1.1. Wisdom-like language in Isaiah -- 6.2. The blind and deaf people (Isaiah 42:18-25) -- 6.2.1. Isaiah 42:18-25: Text and translation -- 6.2.2. Isaiah 42:18-20: The blind and deaf servant -- 6.2.3. Isaiah 42:21-25: Understanding the past -- 6.2.4. Summing up -- 6.3. A stubborn and idolatrous people (Isaiah 48:1-8) -- 6.3.1. Isaiah 48:1-8: Text and translation -- 6.3.2. Isaiah 48:1-5: Past events announced beforehand -- 6.3.3. Isaiah 48:6-8: The creation of new events -- 6.3.4. Summing up -- 6.4. A people that walk in their own ways -- 6.5. A vision of renewed divine guidance -- 6.6. The transformation of the hardened minds (Isaiah 41:17-20) -- 6.6.1. Isaiah 41:17-20: Text and translation 6.6.2. Isaiah 41:17: The needy seeking wisdom -- 6.6.3. Isaiah 41:18-19: Transforming the wilderness -- 6.6.4. Isaiah 41:20: A complete understanding of YHWH's acts -- 6.6.5. Summing up -- 6.7. Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Abandonment and bereavement: Social images -- 7.1. Female imagery and issues of destruction and exile -- 7.1.1. The lonely woman in Lamentations -- 7.1.2. Zion as a woman in Isaiah and the abasement of Lady Babylon -- 7.2. The children of Zion shall return to their mother (Isaiah 49:14-21) -- 7.2.1. Isaiah 49:14-21: Text and translation -- 7.2.2. Isaiah 49:14-16: God's continuous attention to Zion -- 7.2.3. Isaiah 49:17-21: Restoration and repopulation of the empty city -- 7.2.4. Summing up -- 7.3. The barren mother shall conceive (Isaiah 54:1-6) -- 7.3.1. Isaiah 54:1-6: Text and translation -- 7.3.2. Isaiah 54:1-3: A mother giving birth to innumerable children -- 7.3.3. Isaiah 54:4-6: A forsaken and rejected wife is called back -- 7.3.4. Summing up -- 7.4. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
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| ISBN: | 316156863X |