“I Have Made an Engraving of You …” (Isa 49:16a): An Echo of an ANE Adoption Practice in Deutero-Isaiah
This essay considers Isa 49:16, where the image of Zion appears to be inscribed on YHWH’s hands. Since the formulation על־כפים חקתיך is missing the suffix “my” on כפים in the MT and given the specifics of Zion’s lament in v. 14 (i.e., YHWH, Zion’s parent, abandons her in infancy), it will be suggest...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2023, Volume: 73, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 683-706 |
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Jerusalem (Motif)
/ Palms
/ Foot (unit)
/ Footprint
/ Adoption
/ Foundling
/ Bible. Jesaja 49,16
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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