Inner-biblical Allusion in Habakkuk's maśa (Hab 1: 1-2:20) and Utterances Concerning Babylon in Isaiah 13-23 (Isa 13:1-14:23; 21:1-10)
Inner-biblical allusions in Habakkuk’s maśa (Hab 1:1-2:20) and maśʾôt concerning Babylon in Isaiah 13-23 (Isa 13:1-14:23; 21:1-10) suggest a shared circle of tradition and the reinterpretation of prophetic messages in developing social and political circumstances. Habakkuk’s maśa condemns violent be...
| Published in: | Old Testament essays |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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SA ePublications
[2018]
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Old Testament essays
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Habakkuk Prophet
/ Jesaja, Prophet
/ Allusion
/ Prophet
/ Tradition
/ Babylon
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Jesaja 13,1-14,23
B Bible. Jesaja 21,1-10 B Bible. Habakkuk Prophet 1-2 B Bible. Jesaja 13-23 |
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| Summary: | Inner-biblical allusions in Habakkuk’s maśa (Hab 1:1-2:20) and maśʾôt concerning Babylon in Isaiah 13-23 (Isa 13:1-14:23; 21:1-10) suggest a shared circle of tradition and the reinterpretation of prophetic messages in developing social and political circumstances. Habakkuk’s maśa condemns violent behaviour (1:5-11, 12-17; 2:5-20), but with the exception of hkśdîm (“the Chaldeans”) in 1:5, shows a surprising reluctance to name the perpetrators of violence overtly. An analysis of inner-biblical allusions in Hab 1:1-2:20 and Isa 13:1-14:23; 21:1-10 – where Babylonian arrogance is overtly condemned – facilitates a contextual interpretation of both prophetic corpora, throws light on the identity of “the wicked” in Habakkuk, and makes an (original) exilic setting for Hab 1-2 a distinct possibility. Habakkuk’s maśa might be deliberately vague about the identity of the wicked because of their ominous presence in the concrete living conditions of its audience. |
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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/v31n3a15 HDL: 10520/EJC-13f73b47df |