The Rhetorical Design of Isaiah 40-48/55 : Zion's Incomparable Saviour and His Servants /

The Rhetorical Design of Isaiah 40-48/55 : Zion's Incomparable Saviour and His Servants /

In this volume, Pieter van der Lugt offers a comprehensive analysis of the rhetorical structure of Isaiah. As in his previous studies on the Book of Job and the Psalter the author demonstrates that classical Hebrew poetry displays a well-defined structure consisting of balanced main parts (cantos) a...

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Main Author: der, Lugt, P. van (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies ; 82.

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Inscriptions, Hebrew.
Jewish seals (Numismatics)

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Call Number: PJ5034.8.I8

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • I Looking Back and Forward
  • 1 Delimitation of Poems in Isaiah 40-55: Various Methods, Coinciding Objectives
  • 2 Methodology
  • II Prologue: Isaiah 40,1-11
  • 1 Isaiah 40,1-8
  • 2 Isaiah 40,9-11
  • III The First Cycle: Isaiah 40,12-41,29
  • 1 Isaiah 40,12-26
  • 2 Isaiah 40,27-31
  • 3 Isaiah 41,1-7
  • 4 Isaiah 41,8-16
  • 5 Isaiah 41,17-20
  • 6 Isaiah 41,21-29
  • IV The Second Cycle: Isaiah 42,1-44,5
  • 1 Isaiah 42,1-12
  • 2 Isaiah 42,13-17
  • 3 Isaiah 42,18-25
  • 4 Isaiah 43,1-8
  • 5 Isaiah 43,9-15
  • 6 Isaiah 43,16-21
  • 7 Isaiah 43,22-28
  • 8 Isaiah 44,1-5
  • V The Third Cycle: Isaiah 44,6-45,25
  • 1 Isaiah 44,6-8
  • 2 Isaiah 44,9-20
  • 3 Isaiah 44,21-23
  • 4 Isaiah 44,24-45,8
  • 5 Isaiah 45,9-13
  • 6 Isaiah 45,14-25
  • VI The Fourth Cycle: Isaiah 46-48
  • 1 Isaiah 46,3-13
  • 2 Isaiah 47
  • 3 Isaiah 48,1-19
  • 4 Isaiah 46,1-2 and 48,20-21
  • VII Systematic Observations or an Introduction to the Design of Biblical Hebrew Poetry
  • 1 Canto Design of Isaiah 40-55 in Terms of Poetic Lines
  • 2 Word Repetitions at Strategic Positions
  • 3 Tricola and the Structure of Poems
  • 4 Transition Markers
  • 5 Numerical Perfection and Meaning
  • 6 Abrupt Switches at the End of a Poem
  • VIII The Rhetorical Design of Isaiah 40-55 in Terms of Cycles of Poems
  • 1 Previous Research
  • 2 Prologue: Isaiah 40,1-11
  • 3 Cycle  I (40,12-41,29): Unmasking the Gods
  • 4 Cycle  II (42,1-44,5): There is a Way Home
  • 5 Cycle  III (44,6-45,25): Cyrus is the Agent
  • 6 Cycle  IV (Isaiah 46-48): Babylon's Ruin
  • 7 Cycle  V (49,1-50,3): The Return to Zion
  • 8 Cycle  VI (50,4-52,12): Summons to Awake
  • 9 Cycle  VII : Trust in God (52,13-55,13)
  • 10 Overall Design Isaiah 40-55
  • 11 Special Bibliography
  • Appendix  I : Poetic Design of Cycles  V - VII and Isaiah 35: A Provisional Survey
  • Appendix  II : Shared Significant Vocabulary: An Outline
  • Glossary
  • General bibliography.