Isaiah 40:1–2: reading royal commission as a call for return migration in the early persian period
This paper offers a new interpretation of Isa 40:1–2 that takes into account the greater rhetorical project of Isa 40–48 as well as evidence of Judean diaspora life from Āl–Yāḫūdu. Rather than a charge to the divine council, the call to comfort Jerusalem is meant to inspire an embedded community of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The National Library of Canada
2019
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| In: |
The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Pages: 1-33 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Jesaja 40
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | This paper offers a new interpretation of Isa 40:1–2 that takes into account the greater rhetorical project of Isa 40–48 as well as evidence of Judean diaspora life from Āl–Yāḫūdu. Rather than a charge to the divine council, the call to comfort Jerusalem is meant to inspire an embedded community of Judeo-Babylonians to return migrate by hailing them as members of Yahweh's royal procession. This new reading gestures towards broader questions of Judean diaspora identity in the 6th century. |
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| ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs29444 |