Isaiah and Imperial Context The Book of Isaiah in the Times of Empire

Name: Isaiah and Imperial Context The Book of Isaiah in the Times of Empire
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ISBN: 9781620326237

ISBN-10: 162032623X

ISBN-13: 9781620326237

Edition: 2013

Authors: Andrew Abernethy, Mark G. Brett, Tim Bulkeley, Tim Meadowcroft

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"Interpreting Isaiah requires attention to empire. The matrix of the book of Isaiah was the imperial contexts of Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. The community of faith in these eras needed a prophetic vision for life. Not only is the book of Isaiah crafted in light of empire, but current readers cannot help but approach Isaiah in light of imperial realities today. As a neglected area of research, Isaiah and Imperial Context probes how empire can illumine Isaiah through essays that utilize archaeology, history, literary approaches, post-colonialism, and feminism within the various sections of Isaiah. The contributors are Andrew T. Abernethy, Mark G. Brett, Tim Bulkeley, John Goldingay,…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 9/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Andrew Abernethy (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is assistant professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College (IL). He is the author of Eating in Isaiah: Approaching Food and Drink in Isaiah's Structure and Message and coeditor of Isaiah and Imperial Context: The Book of Isaiah in Times of Empire.



Illustrations


Contributors


Preface



Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah: The Events at Lachish and Jerusalem




Eating, Assyrian Imperialism, and Gods Kingdom in Isaiah




Isaiah as Colonized Poet: His Rhetoric of Death in Conversation with African Postcolonial Writers




Living in Empire: What Purposes Do Assertions of Divine Sovereignty Serve in Isaiah?




The Usefulness of a Daughter




Zion as Theological Symbol in Isaiah: Implications for Judah, for the Nations, and for Empire




Imperial Influence on the Language and Content of Isaiah 40-55




Transforming Word and Empire: Isaiah 55:10-11 Considered




Isaiah 56-66: An Isaianic and a Postcolonial Reading




Imperial Imagination in Isaiah 56-66




Redeeming the Earth: Imagining the Folk Songs




Responses Negotiating the Tides of Empire



Four Reflections on Isaiah and Imperial Context



Bibliography


Index of Scripture References


Index of Authors