TY - BOOK AU - Everson,A.Joseph AU - Kim,Hyun Chul Paul TI - The desert will bloom: poetic visions in Isaiah T2 - Society of Biblical Literature. Ancient Israel and its literature SN - 9789004169265 (cloth binding : alk. paper) AV - BS1515.52 .D48 2009 U1 - 224.1066 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Leiden, Atlanta, GA PB - Brill, Society of Biblical Literature KW - Bible KW - Isaiah KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Congresses KW - Language, style N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and indexes; Poetic imagination, intertextuality, and life in a symbolic world / Roy F. Melugin -- Persistent vegetative states : people as plants and plants as people in Isaiah / Patricia K. Tull -- "Like a mother I have comforted you" : the function of figurative language in Isaiah 1:7-26 and 66:7-14 / Chris A. Franke -- A bitter memory : Isaiah's commission in Isaiah 6:1-13 / A. Joseph Everson -- Poetic vision in Isaiah 7:18-25 / H. G. M. Williamson -- Yhwh's sovereign rule and his adoration on Mount Zion : a comparison of poetic visions in Isaiah 24-27, 52, and 66 / Willem A. M. Beuken -- The legacy of Josiah in Isaiah 40-55 / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Spectrality in the prologue to Deutero-Isaiah / Francis Landy -- The spider-poet : signs and symbols in Isaiah 41 / Hyun Chul Paul Kim -- Consider the source : a reading of the servant's identity and task in Isaiah 42:1-9 / James M. Kennedy -- "They all gather, they come to you" : history, utopia, and the reading of Isaiah 49:18-26 and 60:4-16 / Roy D. Wells -- From desolation to delight : the transformative vision of Isaiah 60-62 / Carol J. Dempsey -- The nations' journey to Zion : pilgrimage and tribute as metaphor in the book of Isaiah / Gary Stansell ER -