The significance of the rhetorical ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16
The ambiguity in Isa 54:16a concerning the identity of the subject (YHWH or the smith) of the two verbs relating a metallurgical action (to blow and to cast) is identified here as a rhetorical device intending to conceal the essential relation of YHWH with metallurgy. Integrated in the whole Isa 54...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2018, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 323-338 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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Bible. Jesaja 54,16
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Summary: | The ambiguity in Isa 54:16a concerning the identity of the subject (YHWH or the smith) of the two verbs relating a metallurgical action (to blow and to cast) is identified here as a rhetorical device intending to conceal the essential relation of YHWH with metallurgy. Integrated in the whole Isa 54 chapter, this device becomes a plea for the definitive replacement of Edom with Israel as YHWH'S people, exactly as in Isa 34-35 and Isa 61-63. |
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ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2018/v31n2a4 HDL: 10520/EJC-1178e05959 |