Poetry, catastrophe, and hope in the vision of Isaiah / Francis Landy.
| Author/creator | Landy, Francis |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xiv, 483 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "The book of Isaiah is one of the longest and strangest books of the Hebrew Bible, composed over several centuries and traversing the catastrophe that befell the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the 8th and 6th centuries BCE. Francis Landy's book tells the story of the poetic response to catastrophe, and the hope for a new and perfect world on the other side. The study traces two parallel developments: the displacement of the Davidic promise onto the Persian Empire, Israel, and the prophet himself; and the transition from exclusively male images of the deity to the matching of male and female prototypes, whereby YHWH takes the place of the warrior goddess." -- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-447) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023931430 |
| ISBN | 0198856695 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780198856696 (hardcover) |