A Covenant With Death: Death in the Iron Age II and Its Rhetorical Uses in Proto-Isaiah - Brossura

Hays, Christopher B.

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ISBN 10: 0802873111 ISBN 13: 9780802873118

Casa editrice: Eerdmans Pub Co, 2015

Riassunto

Shows how ancient Near Eastern attitudes toward death illumine the Hebrew Bible

Death is one of the major themes of First Isaiah, although it has not  generally been recognized as such. In this work Christopher Hays offers fresh interpretations of more than a dozen passages in Isaiah 5-38 in light of  ancient beliefs about death. What  especially distinguishes Hays's study is its holistic approach, as he brilliantly synthesizes both literary and archaeological evidence, resulting in new insights.

Hays first  summarizes what is known about death in the ancient Near East during the Second Iron Age, covering beliefs and practices in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Syria-Palestine, and Judah/Israel. He then shows how select passages in the first part of Isaiah employ the rhetorical imagery of death that was part of their cultural context; further, he identifies ways in which these texts break new creative ground.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Christopher B. Hays is D. Wilson Moore Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Eerdmans Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0802873111
• ISBN 13: 9780802873118
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 445
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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