'Enlarge the Site of Your Tent'
The City as Unifying Theme in Isaiah
Edited by Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen and Annemarieke van der Woude
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Biographical note
Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, PhD (1993) in Theology, is senior lecturer of Old Testament at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Tilburg. He has published extensively on the book Isaiah, using his communication-oriented exegesis, including The Implied Reader in Isaiah 6-12 (Brill, 1998).
Annemarieke van der Woude, PhD (2005) in Theology, is an independent biblical scholar. She has published especially on the drama-linguistic aspects of Deutero-Isaiah.
Annemarieke van der Woude, PhD (2005) in Theology, is an independent biblical scholar. She has published especially on the drama-linguistic aspects of Deutero-Isaiah.
Readership
All those interested in biblical exegesis, exegetical methodes, linguistics and literary studies, and the history of ancient Israel.
Table of contents
Preface
C.H.J. DE GEUS
Isaiah’s City
A. VAN DER KOOIJ
Rejoice, o Thirsty Desert! (Isaiah 35): On Zion in the Septuagint of Isaiah
M. DE JONG
From Legitimate King to Protected City: The Development of Isaiah 7:1-17
A.L.H.M. VAN WIERINGEN
Assur and Babel against Jerusalem: The Reader-Oriented Position of Babel and Assur within the Framework of Isaiah 1-39
W.A.M. BEUKEN
From Damascus to Mount Zion: A Journey through the Land of the Harvester (Isaiah 17-18)
A.L.H.M. VAN WIERINGEN
The Diseased King and the Diseased City (Isaiah 36 39) as a Reader-Oriented Link between Isaiah 1-39 and Isaiah 40-66
U. BERGES
Zion and the Kingship of Yhwh in Isaiah 40-55
P. LUGTIGHEID
The Notion of the City in Isaiah 44:21-46:13
A. VAN DER WOUDE
The Comfort of Zion: Personification in Isaiah 40-66
K.A.D. JENNER
Jerusalem, Zion and the Unique Servant of Yhwh in the New Heaven and the New Earth: A Study on Recovering Identity versus Lamenting Faded Glory (Isaiah 1-5 and 65-66)
S. BOROCIN-KNOL
Zion as an ‘Agunah?: An Interpretation of Isaiah 49:14; 50:1 and 54:6-8
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Authors
Index of Biblical Passages
C.H.J. DE GEUS
Isaiah’s City
A. VAN DER KOOIJ
Rejoice, o Thirsty Desert! (Isaiah 35): On Zion in the Septuagint of Isaiah
M. DE JONG
From Legitimate King to Protected City: The Development of Isaiah 7:1-17
A.L.H.M. VAN WIERINGEN
Assur and Babel against Jerusalem: The Reader-Oriented Position of Babel and Assur within the Framework of Isaiah 1-39
W.A.M. BEUKEN
From Damascus to Mount Zion: A Journey through the Land of the Harvester (Isaiah 17-18)
A.L.H.M. VAN WIERINGEN
The Diseased King and the Diseased City (Isaiah 36 39) as a Reader-Oriented Link between Isaiah 1-39 and Isaiah 40-66
U. BERGES
Zion and the Kingship of Yhwh in Isaiah 40-55
P. LUGTIGHEID
The Notion of the City in Isaiah 44:21-46:13
A. VAN DER WOUDE
The Comfort of Zion: Personification in Isaiah 40-66
K.A.D. JENNER
Jerusalem, Zion and the Unique Servant of Yhwh in the New Heaven and the New Earth: A Study on Recovering Identity versus Lamenting Faded Glory (Isaiah 1-5 and 65-66)
S. BOROCIN-KNOL
Zion as an ‘Agunah?: An Interpretation of Isaiah 49:14; 50:1 and 54:6-8
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Authors
Index of Biblical Passages
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