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- The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah
- Frontispiece
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Timeline of Events Related to the Book of Isaiah
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Book of Isaiah Through History
- Part II Isaiah in Its Cultural World
- 8 Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy and the Study of Isaiah
- 9 The Book of Isaiah in the History of Israelite Religion
- 10 Isaiah and Empire
- 11 Migration in the Book of Isaiah
- Part III Isaiah as Literature
- Part IV Afterlives of the Book of Isaiah
- Scripture Index
- Other Texts Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
8 - Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy and the Study of Isaiah
from Part II - Isaiah in Its Cultural World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2024
- The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah
- Frontispiece
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Timeline of Events Related to the Book of Isaiah
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Book of Isaiah Through History
- Part II Isaiah in Its Cultural World
- 8 Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy and the Study of Isaiah
- 9 The Book of Isaiah in the History of Israelite Religion
- 10 Isaiah and Empire
- 11 Migration in the Book of Isaiah
- Part III Isaiah as Literature
- Part IV Afterlives of the Book of Isaiah
- Scripture Index
- Other Texts Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
“Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy and the Study of Isaiah” by Jonathan Stökl approaches the study of the Book of Isaiah from the perspective of other ancient Near Eastern texts attesting to prophecy, including material from the second and first millennium bce. The attested texts support the idea that prophecies of doom and of peace are very much part of the religious literary imagination. The chapter also enquires whether the Neo-Assyrian compilations can act as empirical examples of the early stages of the evolution of the Book of Isaiah as literature. The third complex area discussed is that of gender and prophecy as attested in ancient Near Eastern sources, with relevance also for the portrayal of prophecy in the book of Isaiah.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah , pp. 119 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024