Isaiah's oracle (4:2-6; 11:1-9) : hope for the Congolese if they benefit from the tsemaḥ meaningful senses
Isaiah's oracle (4:2-6; 11:1-9) : hope for the Congolese if they benefit from the צֶמַח meaningful senses
Isaiah's oracle (4:2; 11:1-2) respectively on tsemaḥ and ḥoṭer (netser) is meaningful in the social situation of hopelessness in Judah. This hopeless socio-religious situation in Zion-Jerusalem elicited Isaiah's oracle in order to challenge the leaders as regards their exercise of authorit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2013, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 154-171 |
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| Summary: | Isaiah's oracle (4:2; 11:1-2) respectively on tsemaḥ and ḥoṭer (netser) is meaningful in the social situation of hopelessness in Judah. This hopeless socio-religious situation in Zion-Jerusalem elicited Isaiah's oracle in order to challenge the leaders as regards their exercise of authority. In a literary style (the synonymous and repetitive parallelisms) the oracle relates tsemaḥ from its literal usage (germination of the plants) to its metaphoric sense (the sprouting forth of a rightful leadership) from the Davidic line. This twofold meaning of tsemaḥ in Isaiah's message had challenged the Judean leadership as regards its moral values improvement which would have led the people of the time to enjoy the wealth of the land. This paper, firstly, analyses twofold meaning of tsemaḥ in Isaiah's oracle. Secondly, it discusses the leadership's exercise of authority and its managerial responsibilities of the wealth of the land in the Democratic Republic of Congo (thereafter DRC). Thirdly, an appropriative reading of tsemaḥ texts in their contexts provides the leadership in the Congo with insight on how to take advantage of the land fertility. Isaiah's oracle (4:2; 11:1-2) respectively on צֶמַח and חֹטֶר (נֵצֶר) is meaningful in the social situation of hopelessness in Judah. This hopeless socio-religious situation in Zion-Jerusalem elicited Isaiah's oracle in order to challenge the leaders as regards their exercise of authority. In a literary style (the synonymous and repetitive parallelisms) the oracle relates צֶמַח from its literal usage (germination of the plants) to its metaphoric sense (the sprouting forth of a rightful leadership) from the Davidic line. This twofold meaning of צֶמַח in Isaiah's message had challenged the Judean leadership as regards its moral values improvement which would have led the people of the time to enjoy the wealth of the land. This paper, firstly, analyses twofold meaning of צֶמַח in Isaiah's oracle. Secondly, it discusses the leadership's exercise of authority and its managerial responsibilities of the wealth of the land in the Democratic Republic of Congo (thereafter DRC). Thirdly, an appropriative reading of צֶמַח texts in their contexts provides the leadership in the Congo with insight on how to take advantage of the land fertility. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC138193 |