Judah’s Covenant with Assyria in Isaiah 28
This paper argues that the “covenant with death” in Isa 28:15, 18 refers to Judah’s covenant with Assyria. While scholars usually take this to refer to Egypt at the end of the 8th c., a reference to Assyria makes better sense of the resonances of the metaphor of personified “death.” This oracle is c...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Brill
2014
|
In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2014, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 465-483 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Isaiah 28
covenant
Assyria
metaphor
death
B Bible. Jesaja 28 |
Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) |