Eating in Isaiah: Approaching the Role of Food and Drink in Isaiah's Structure and Message

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Food and Drink in Old Testament Scholarship -- Method for Approaching Eating in Isaiah -- Diachronic or Synchronic? -- Three Methodological Premises -- Literature is Purposeful -- Textual and Reading Strategies -- Tex...

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Main Author: Abernethy, Andrew T (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden BRILL 2014
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Abernethy, Andrew T., Eating in Isaiah] (2016) (Kim, Hyun Chul Paul, 1965 -)
Edition:1st ed.
Series/Journal:Biblical Interpretation Ser.
Further subjects:B Dinners and dining in the Bible
B Bible ; Isaiah ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9789004270374
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Summary:Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Food and Drink in Old Testament Scholarship -- Method for Approaching Eating in Isaiah -- Diachronic or Synchronic? -- Three Methodological Premises -- Literature is Purposeful -- Textual and Reading Strategies -- Textual Features of Ancient Hebrew Texts -- Summary -- A Sequential-Synchronic Approach to Eating in Isaiah -- Chapter 2 Repentance, Retribution, and Sovereignty: Eating in Isaiah 1 -- Eating in Isaiah 1 -- Isaiah 1:2 -- Isaiah 1:3 -- Isaiah 1:7 -- Feeding Troops -- Battle Tactics -- Isaiah 1:11-14 -- Isaiah 1:18-20 -- The Logic of Isaiah 1:18-20 -- Reasons for Eating at Rhetorical Climax -- Eating and Retribution -- Eating, Sovereignty, and Reversing Isaiah 1:7 -- Eating and Full-Scale Restoration -- Conclusion on Eating in Isaiah 1:18-20 -- Isaiah 1:22 -- Isaiah 1:29 -- Summary -- Eating in Isaiah 1 as an Introduction? -- Chapter 3 An Imperial-Retributive Schema: Eating in Isaiah 2-35 in Light of Isaiah 1 as an Introduction -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 2-35 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 1-12 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 13-23 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 24-27 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 28-35 -- Summary -- Promises of Food and Drink in Isaiah 2-35 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 1-12 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 13-23 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 24-27 -- Ways of Understanding the Feast -- The Feast as a Covenant Meal -- The Feast as a Mythological Victory Feast -- Enthronement Feast -- Summary -- Feast from an "Imperial-Retributive" Perspective -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 28-35 -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Imperial Rhetoric and Eating in Isaiah 36-37 -- Isaiah 36-37 as a Literary Unit -- Repetition between Threats -- Repetition between Responses -- Repetition between Oracles.
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ISBN:9004280863