TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eidevall,Göran
TI  - Prophecy and propaganda: images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah 
T2  - Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series,
SN  - 9781575068060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS1515.52 .E39 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Winona Lake, Ind.
PB  - Eisenbrauns
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Isaiah
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Enemy in the Bible
KW  - God
KW  - Biblical teaching
N1  - 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
ER  -