The History of Isaiah

Im Zentrum eines historischen Verständnisses dieses prophetischen Buches steht die Betrachtung der Geschichte Jesajas in zwei miteinander verbundenen Bedeutungen. Erstens: Wie ist Jesaja zu einem Buch geworden? Und zweitens, wie stellt Jesaja die Vergangenheit dar? Der vorliegende Band widmet sich diesen beiden Fragen und ihrem Verhältnis.Part 1: Perspectives on Studying the History of Isaiah
Shawn Zelig Aster: The Contribution of Assyriology to the Study of Isaiah – Stephen B. Chapman: Delitzsch's Fourth Edition – J. Blake Couey: Poetry and Composition in the Book of Isaiah – Christopher B. Hays: Linguistic Dating of Hebrew Prophetic Texts: A Quantitative Approach with Special Attention to Isaiah 24–27 – Noam Mizrahi: Isaiah between Transmission and Reception: Isaiah 58:13–14 according to 4QIsan (4Q67) – J. J. M. Roberts: Isaiah 14:24–27: Genuine Isaianic Expectations or Josianic Redaction? A Critical Evaluation of the Theory of a Major Josianic Edition of the Isaianic Tradition – Christopher R. Seitz: The Presentation of History in the Book of Isaiah – Ronald L. Troxel: Textual Criticism and Diachronic Study of the Book of Isaiah – Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen: A Tale of Two Worlds: A Synchronic Reading of Isaiah 7:1–17 and Its Diachronic Consequences for the Book

Part 2: The Biblical Traditions and the History of Isaiah
Avigail Aravna: Sending Subtle Threads of Influence into the Past: A Reexamination of the Relationship between Isaiah 24:6 and Jeremiah 23:10 – Ulrich Berges: »Sing to the LORD a New Song«: The Tradents of the Book of Isaiah and the Psalter – Anja Klein: Praying Exodus: Biblical History in the Prayer of the Servants (Isa 63:7–64:11) – Andreas Schüle: Remember Abraham—or not: Ancestral Traditions in the Book of Isaiah – Ethan Schwartz: Mirrors of Moses in Isaiah 1–12 – Jacob Stromberg: Hezekiah and the Oracles Against the Nations in Isaiah – Philip Yoo: Torah Yet to Come: Divine Activity in Isaiah 56–66

Part 3: The Ancient Near East and the History of Isaiah
Peter Dubovský: Inverting Assyrian Propaganda in Isaiah's Historiography: Writing the Hezekiah-Sennacherib Conflict in the Light of the Ashurbanipal-Teumman War – Joachim Eck: Metamorphoses of a Tyrant: Isaiah 14:4b-21 Read in Its Wider Context – Judith Gärtner: The Kabod of YHWH: A Key Isaianic Theme from the Assyrian Empire to the Eschaton – J. Todd Hibbard: A Fortschreibung from the Assyrian Crisis of 701? Isaiah 30:18–26 as an Update to Isaiah 30:8–17 – Reinhard Müller: »Ashur Will Be Terror Stricken«: Isaiah 30:27–33 as Inverted Political Prophecy – Kim Lan Nguyen: Cyrus: A Righteousness – Konrad Schmid: Theological Interpretation of Assyrian Propaganda in the Book of Isaiah – Daniel J. D. Stulac: Go-out from Babylon/There!: A Canonical Approach to Departure in Isaiah 48:20 and 52:11 – Marvin A. Sweeney: Reading the Final Form of Isaiah as a Persian Period Text – H. G. M. Williamson: Decoding Isaiah 13