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Concentricity and continuity: The literary structure of Isaiah (JSOT Supplement) - Hardcover

Robert H. O'Connell

 
9781850755210: Concentricity and continuity: The literary structure of Isaiah (JSOT Supplement)

Synopsis

This monograph explores the structure and rhetoric of the book of Isaiah. Its thesis is twofold. First, the book of Isaiah best manifests its structural unity, thematic choherence and rhetorical emphasis when read as an exemplar of prophetic covenant disputation. Second, the principal arrangement of the book comprises seven asymmetrical concentric sections, each made up of complex (triadic and quadratic) framing patterns. They are: an exordium (1.1, 2-5), two threats of judgment (2.6-21; 3.1-4.1), two programmes for the punishment and restoration of Zion and the nations (4.2-11.16; 13.1-39.8), an exoneration of Yahweh (40.1-54.17), and an appeal for covenant reconciliation (55.1-66.24).

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About the Author

Robert O'Connell is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, Colorado.

Language Notes

Text: English, Hebrew

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