Satire in Isaiah’s Tyre Oracle
Most scholars believe that Isaiah’s Tyre Oracle is a prophetic lament. This article argues that Isa. 23.1-14 is best understood as a predictive satirical city-lament. In order to make this case, both prophetic satire and the genre of a city-lament are defined. A translation of Isa. 23.1-14 is follow...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2003, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-112 |
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| Summary: | Most scholars believe that Isaiah’s Tyre Oracle is a prophetic lament. This article argues that Isa. 23.1-14 is best understood as a predictive satirical city-lament. In order to make this case, both prophetic satire and the genre of a city-lament are defined. A translation of Isa. 23.1-14 is followed by an investigation of the text’s context, verbal markers and perceptible contradictions. Observations on Ezekiel’s oracle against Tyre (27.1-11, 26-36) lead to the conclusion that the genre of a city-lament requires treating the downfall as a past event, whereas in terms of history it is still in the future. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/030908920302800105 |