A covenant with death: death in the Iron Age II and its rhetorical uses in proto-Isaiah
"Shows how ancient Near Eastern attitudes toward death illumine the prophet Isaiah Death is one of the major themes of First Isaiah, although it has not generally been recognized as such. In this work Christopher Hays offers fresh interpretations of more than a dozen passages in Isaiah 5-38 i...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan Cambridge, U.K.
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ Egypt
/ Iron age
/ Death
/ Cult of the dead
/ Bible. Jesaja 1-39
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Iron Age (Middle East)
B RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament B Iron Age Middle East B Bible. Isaiah, I-XXXIX Criticism, interpretation, etc B Death in the Bible B Middle East Antiquities B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc |