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Concentricity and Continuity: The Literary Structure of Isaiah

Concentricity and Continuity: The Literary Structure of Isaiah

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Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Book 188

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 0567639525
ISBN13: 9780567639523
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Nov 1 2009
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This monograph explores the structure and rhetoric of the book of Isaiah. Its thesis is twofold. First, the book of Isaiah best manifests its structural unity, thematic choherence and rhetorical emphasis when read as an exemplar of prophetic covenant disputation. Second, the principal arrangement of the book comprises seven asymmetrical concentric sections, each made up of complex (triadic and quadratic) framing patterns. They are: an exordium (1.1, 2-5), two threats of judgment (2.6-21; 3.1-4.1), two programmes for the punishment and restoration of Zion and the nations (4.2-11.16; 13.1-39.8), an exoneration of Yahweh (40.1-54.17), and an appeal for covenant reconciliation (55.1-66.24).

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