Judah’s Covenant with Assyria in Isaiah 28
This paper argues that the “covenant with death” in Isa 28:15, 18 refers to Judah’s covenant with Assyria. While scholars usually take this to refer to Egypt at the end of the 8th c., a reference to Assyria makes better sense of the resonances of the metaphor of personified “death.” This oracle is c...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Έκδοση: |
Brill
2014
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Στο/Στη: |
Vetus Testamentum
Έτος: 2014, Τόμος: 64, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 465-483 |
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | ΗΒ Παλαιά Διαθήκη |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Isaiah 28
covenant
Assyria
metaphor
death
B Bibel. Jesaja 28 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
Σύνοψη: | This paper argues that the “covenant with death” in Isa 28:15, 18 refers to Judah’s covenant with Assyria. While scholars usually take this to refer to Egypt at the end of the 8th c., a reference to Assyria makes better sense of the resonances of the metaphor of personified “death.” This oracle is contemporary with vv. 1-4 and functions together with those verses as a single prophetic discourse that predates the fall of the northern kingdom and prophesies destruction for both kingdoms at the hands of the Assyrians. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341165 |