La prosopopée, les pseudo-citations et la vocation d’Isaïe (Is 6,9-10)

The divine mission addressed to Isaiah in Is 6,9-10 has baffled many generations of interpreters because of its paradoxical nature and its apparent inappositeness in a prophetic calling. A possible way of understanding the passage is to suppose that the words are not an accurate report of what the L...

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Main Author: Joosten, Jan 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:French
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Published: Peeters 2001
In: Biblica
Year: 2001, Volume: 82, Issue: 2, Pages: 232-243
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Summary:The divine mission addressed to Isaiah in Is 6,9-10 has baffled many generations of interpreters because of its paradoxical nature and its apparent inappositeness in a prophetic calling. A possible way of understanding the passage is to suppose that the words are not an accurate report of what the Lord said, but a retrospective judgment on what Isaiah’s mission really meant. The present article explores the rhetorical background of the stylistic procedure that may underlie Is 6,9-10. In Hebrew rhetoric, direct quotation does not necessarily imply that the words quoted were really said. A figure of speech exists, the ‘pseudo-quotation’, meaning approximately: ‘by his behaviour or his way of being, it is as if he were saying...’
ISSN:2385-2062
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica