Prophecy and propaganda : images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah /
Eidevall, Göran.
Prophecy and propaganda : images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah / Göran Eidevall. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009. - vi, 219 p. ; 23 cm. - Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series, 56 0069-8954 ; . - Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series ; 56. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-219).
Outlining the task : backgrounds and goals -- On enemy images -- Enemy images in texts from the ancient Near East -- Enemy images and biblical exegesis : perspectives on previous research -- On the Book of Isaiah as object of the investigation -- Problems, goals, and methods -- Images of empires -- Isa 5:26-30 : a prologue to the discourse on empires -- Images of Assyria -- Images of Egypt and Cush -- Images of Babylon -- Empire portraits : comparisons and conclusions -- Images of neighbouring nations -- Images of Ephraim/Israel and Aram -- Images of Edom -- Images of other neighbouring nations -- Neighbouring nations : comparisons and conclusions -- Anonymous enemies -- Rebels and stubble : characterization of anonymous enemies -- Key passages -- Links to images of nations and empires -- Named and unnamed enemies in a macrostructural perspective -- The enemies and YHWH -- Enemies of YHWH -- Enemies as instruments in YHWH's service -- YHWH as enemy -- YHWH as the enemy's enemy -- Enemy images, ideology, and identity -- The Zion-centered perspective and the 701 paradigm -- Prophecies as political propaganda -- On enemy images and implied self-images -- Summary.
9781575068060 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1575068060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009003274
Bible.--Old Testament.--Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Enemy in the Bible.
God--Biblical teaching.
BS1515.52 / .E39 2009
Prophecy and propaganda : images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah / Göran Eidevall. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009. - vi, 219 p. ; 23 cm. - Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series, 56 0069-8954 ; . - Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series ; 56. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-219).
Outlining the task : backgrounds and goals -- On enemy images -- Enemy images in texts from the ancient Near East -- Enemy images and biblical exegesis : perspectives on previous research -- On the Book of Isaiah as object of the investigation -- Problems, goals, and methods -- Images of empires -- Isa 5:26-30 : a prologue to the discourse on empires -- Images of Assyria -- Images of Egypt and Cush -- Images of Babylon -- Empire portraits : comparisons and conclusions -- Images of neighbouring nations -- Images of Ephraim/Israel and Aram -- Images of Edom -- Images of other neighbouring nations -- Neighbouring nations : comparisons and conclusions -- Anonymous enemies -- Rebels and stubble : characterization of anonymous enemies -- Key passages -- Links to images of nations and empires -- Named and unnamed enemies in a macrostructural perspective -- The enemies and YHWH -- Enemies of YHWH -- Enemies as instruments in YHWH's service -- YHWH as enemy -- YHWH as the enemy's enemy -- Enemy images, ideology, and identity -- The Zion-centered perspective and the 701 paradigm -- Prophecies as political propaganda -- On enemy images and implied self-images -- Summary.
9781575068060 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1575068060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009003274
Bible.--Old Testament.--Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Enemy in the Bible.
God--Biblical teaching.
BS1515.52 / .E39 2009