I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes: Lyric Cohesion and Conflict in Second Isaiah
Drawing on the insights of lyric poetic theory, this book offers a fresh reading of Second Isaiah. This approach advances an argument that the tensive and conflicted divine voice is primary unifying factor in the sequence of poems.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
BRILL
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes. Lyric Cohesion and Conflict in Second Isaiah (2014) (Schmidt, Uta, 1968 -)
[Rezension von: Heffelfinger, Katie M., I am large, I contain multitudes] (2015) (Williamson, H. G. M., 1947 -) |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical Interpretation Ser.
v.105 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew poetry, Biblical
B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004193833 |
| Summary: | Drawing on the insights of lyric poetic theory, this book offers a fresh reading of Second Isaiah. This approach advances an argument that the tensive and conflicted divine voice is primary unifying factor in the sequence of poems. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One Introduction: The Role of Poetry in the Interpretation of Second Isaiah -- 1. History of Scholarship -- 1.1 James Muilenburg -- 1.2 Roy F. Melugin -- 1.3 Richard J. Clifford -- 1.4 Beyond Clifford -- 2. Explaining the Neglect of Lyric Tools -- 2.1 Poetry and Prophecy -- 2.2 Poetry and Fragmentary Meaning -- 2.3 Implications of a Lyric Approach to Second Isaiah -- 3. Proposal and Plan -- Chapter Two Second Isaiah and Lyric Tools -- 1. Defining Lyric -- 2. A Word about Anachronism -- 3. Assessing Second Isaiah as Lyric -- 3.1 Characteristic One: Second Isaiah's Units as Non-Narrative -- 3.2 Characteristic Two: Second Isaiah's Units and Vocality, Musicality, and Tropological Density -- 3.3 Summary: Second Isaiah's Units as Lyric Poems -- 4. Tools for Reading Lyric Poetry -- 4.1 Lyric Sequencing as a Lens for Reading Lyric Collections -- 4.2 Disjunction as Significant and Meaningful -- 4.3 The Significance of 'Voice' -- 4.4 The Centrality of Emotion -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter Three The Problem of Comfort: Second Isaiah's Rhetorical Environment and its Intractable Problem -- 1. Situating Second Isaiah -- 2. Indications of Exigence within Second Isaiah -- 2.1 Identifying Second Isaiah's Intended Audience -- 2.2 Embedded Speeches as Indicators of Rhetorical Environment - The Audience's Perspective -- 2.3 Allusions as Indicators of the Rhetorical Environment -- 3. The Tension between the People's Complaint and the Divine Response -- 3.1 Opening Announcement of the Intention to Comfort - Isa 40:1-2 -- 3.2 Further Expressions of the Comfort Theme -- 4. Tension between Comfort and Indictment -- 4.1 The Divine Voice and Past Rage -- 4.2 Divine Rage and Present Threat -- 5. Comfort as Intractable Problem -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter Four A Paratactic-Cohesive Whole: Lyric Unity in Second Isaiah. |
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| ISBN: | 9004194444 |