The significance of the rhetorical ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16

The ambiguity in Isa 54:16a concerning the identity of the subject (YHWH or the smith) of the two verbs relating a metallurgical action (to blow and to cast) is identified here as a rhetorical device intending to conceal the essential relation of YHWH with metallurgy. Integrated in the whole Isa 54...

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Authors: Amzalag, Nisim 1962- (Author) ; Yonah, Shamir 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SA ePublications [2018]
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 2018, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 323-338
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Jesaja 54,16
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Summary:The ambiguity in Isa 54:16a concerning the identity of the subject (YHWH or the smith) of the two verbs relating a metallurgical action (to blow and to cast) is identified here as a rhetorical device intending to conceal the essential relation of YHWH with metallurgy. Integrated in the whole Isa 54 chapter, this device becomes a plea for the definitive replacement of Edom with Israel as YHWH'S people, exactly as in Isa 34-35 and Isa 61-63.
ISSN:2312-3621
Contains:Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2018/v31n2a4
HDL: 10520/EJC-1178e05959