Among the Prophets: Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings (JSOT Supplement Series)

Front Cover......Page 1
AMONG THE PROPHETS: Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 9
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 11
Part I: ISAIAH......Page 12
K.T. Aitken: HEARING AND SEEING: METAMORPHOSES OF A MOTIF IN ISAIAH 1-39......Page 13
1. Isaiah 1.2-20......Page 14
2. Isaiah 5.8-24......Page 15
3. Isaiah 22.8b-14......Page 17
4. Isaiah 30.8-17......Page 18
1. Isaiah 6.1-13......Page 19
2. Isaiah 28.1-29......Page 20
3. Isaiah 29.9-16......Page 23
The First Transformation......Page 24
1. The Paradigm......Page 25
1. Isaiah28.1-29......Page 27
2. Isaiah 29.9-16......Page 29
C. Hear/See—Know/ Understand......Page 31
1. Isaiah 17.7-8......Page 32
3. Isaiah 30. 18-26......Page 33
D. Not Hear/See—Know/ Understand......Page 35
A. Reversal of the Paradigm......Page 37
B. Reversal of its Application to the Assyrian Crisis......Page 38
Conclusion......Page 41
Marvin A. Sweeney: ON ȗmᵉśôś IN ISAIAH 8.6......Page 43
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 53
Michael L. Barré: OF LIONS AND BIRDS: A NOTE ON ISAIAH 31.4-5......Page 56
1. The Suffering Servant Songs in Jewish-Christian Dialogue......Page 61
2. Isaiah 49.1-6......Page 63
3. Isaiah 50.4-9......Page 67
4. Isaiah 52.13-53.12......Page 70
John F.A. Sawyer: RADICAL IMAGES OF YAHWEH IN ISAIAH 63......Page 73
Part II: EZEKIEL......Page 84
1. Introduction......Page 85
2. Text-Critical Notes......Page 86
3. The Structure......Page 87
3.1. From Abandoned Child to Beauty Queen......Page 88
3.2. Unfaithful......Page 89
3.3. Judgment......Page 90
3.4. Like Mother, Like Daughter?......Page 91
3.5. Mercy?......Page 93
3.6. Structural Synthesis......Page 94
4. Gattung......Page 95
6. Motifs, Traditions and Formulas......Page 96
7. Redaction Criticism......Page 101
8. Final Synthesis......Page 102
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 104
John B. Geyer: EZEKIEL 27 AND THE COSMIC SHIP......Page 106
Mythology in Ezekiel 27......Page 107
The Amduat......Page 108
1. Outline and Structure......Page 115
3. Proper Names......Page 117
4. Substances......Page 120
Comparisons......Page 126
Structure......Page 128
Tradition......Page 135
Redaction......Page 138
Part III: MINOR PROPHETS......Page 144
Alan Cooper: IN PRAISE OF DIVINE CAPRICE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK OF JONAH......Page 145
Battle Motifs in Jonah......Page 165
Jonah's Flight as a Prelude to Battle......Page 166
Seeking Divine Guidance......Page 167
Confusion and Panic......Page 168
Offering of Vows and Sacrifices in the Wake of Victory......Page 169
Lexical Parallels......Page 170
Parallels in Text Structure......Page 171
Lower-Level Parallels......Page 172
Conclusion......Page 179
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 180
APPENDIX: Structural Parallels of Joshua 10.1-27 and Jonah......Page 181
Athalya Brenner: JONAH'S POEM OUT OF AND WITHIN ITS CONTEXT......Page 184
The Poem and its Intertexts......Page 185
The Poem within its Framing Narrative......Page 187
The Compositional Status of the Poem......Page 188
The Poem—A Parody and a Satire......Page 190
Medium and Message......Page 191
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 193
1. The Unity of the Book of the Twelve......Page 194
2. Nahum 1 as Example......Page 198
3. The Function of Nahum within the Book of the Twelve......Page 202
INDEX OF REFERENCES......Page 204
INDEX OF AUTHORS......Page 217
Back Matter: JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Supplement Series......Page 220