The Opponents of Third Isaiah: Reconstructing the Cultic History (JSOT Supplement Series)

Front Cover......Page 1
The Opponents of Third Isaiah: Reconstructing the Cultic History of the Restoration......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 9
Problems of Literary Criticism, Dating and Authorship......Page 12
A Challenge to the Consensus......Page 22
A New Direction......Page 35
Isaiah 56-66 and the Scroll of Isaiah......Page 41
Summary......Page 51
The Babylonian Exile......Page 54
Return from Babylon......Page 59
The Persian Period in Judah......Page 65
The Persian Empire......Page 66
The Political Status of Judah......Page 68
The Samaritan Schism......Page 71
The Political and Social Context of Third Isaiah......Page 76
Third Isaiah and Persian Period Prophecy......Page 81
The Problem......Page 82
Third Isaiah and the Proposal of Paul Hanson......Page 84
Visionaries and Hierocrats......Page 87
An Alternative to Hanson......Page 109
Introduction......Page 113
General Observations......Page 116
Exegesis......Page 119
General Observations......Page 126
Exegesis......Page 127
Isaiah 58.1-14......Page 134
Isaiah 59.1-21......Page 139
Isaiah 60-62......Page 144
Isaiah 63.1-6......Page 148
Isaiah 63.7-64.11......Page 151
General Observations......Page 155
Exegesis......Page 157
General Observations......Page 162
Exegesis......Page 163
5. CONCLUSION: THE OPPONENTS OF THIRD ISAIAH......Page 175
Appendix 1......Page 184
Appendix 2......Page 186
Appendix 3......Page 188
Appendix 4......Page 190
Reference Works......Page 192
Secondary Literature Consulted......Page 193
Index of References......Page 206
H......Page 215
V......Page 216
Z......Page 217
Back Matter: JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Supplement Series......Page 218