Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 445 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9783161517518
Series Statement:
Forschungen zum Alten Testament 79
Content:
Hauptbeschreibung Death is one of the major themes of 'First Isaiah,' although it has not generally been recognized as such. Images of death are repeatedly used by the prophet and his earliest tradents.The book begins by concisely summarizing what is known about death in the Ancient Near East during the Iron Age II, covering beliefs and practices in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Syria-Palestine, and Judah/Israel. Incorporating both textual and archeological data, Christopher B. Hays surveys and analyzes existing scholarly literature on these topics from multiple fields.Focusing on the text's meaning for its producers and its initial audiences, he describes the ways in which the 'rhetoric of death' functioned in its historical context and offers fresh interpretations of more than a dozen passages in Isa 5-38. He shows how they employ the imagery of death that was part of their cultural contexts, and also identifies ways in which they break new creative ground.This holistic approach to questions that have attracted much scholarly attention in recent decades produces new insights not only for the interpretation of specific biblical passages, but also for the formation of the book of Isaiah and for the history of ancient Near Eastern religions.
Content:
Cover -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Charts -- Abbreviations -- 0. Introduction -- 0.1 Topic -- 0.2 Method -- 0.3 Historical Context and Mechanisms of Influence (chs. 1-2) -- 0.4 ANE Beliefs About Death and Their Impact on Judah (chs. 1-4) -- 0.5 The Rhetoric of Death in Isaiah 1-39 -- 1. Death and the Dead in Mesopotamia during the Iron Age II -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Historical sketch -- 1.3 Mechanisms of Mesopotamian influence -- 1.3.1 Linguistic contacts -- 1.3.2 The question of religious imposition -- 1.4 Death in Mesopotamia -- 1.4.1 Burial and mourning in Mesopotamia -- 1.4.2 The Mesopotamian dead -- 1.4.3 The Mesopotamian underworld and its deities -- 1.5 Conclusions -- 2. Death and the Dead in Egypt during the Iron Age II -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Historical Sketch -- 2.3 Mechanisms of Egyptian influence -- 2.4 Death in Egypt -- 2.4.1 Burial and mourning in Egypt -- 2.4.2 The Egyptian dead -- 2.4.3 The Egyptian underworld and its deities -- 2.5 Conclusions -- 3. Death and the Dead in Syria-Palestine outside Israel and Judah -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Bronze Age Cults of the dead in inland Syria and Hatti -- 3.3 Ugarit -- 3.3.1 Ugarit and the Bible -- 3.3.2 The archaeology of death in Ugarit -- 3.3.3 Death in the Ugaritic texts -- 3.3.3.1 Burial and mourning -- 3.3.3.2 The Ugaritic dead -- The Ugaritic cult of the dead up to the "Spronk synthesis" -- The rpum (et al.) -- The Ugaritic marzihu -- A "minimalist" backlash -- 3.3.3.3 The Ugaritic underworld and its deities -- 3.4 Between Ugarit and Israel -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 4. Death and the Dead in Iron II Israel and Judah and in the Old Testament -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 A brief history of modern scholarship -- 4.2.1 Early modern scholarship -- 4.2.2 The mid-century assertion of distinctiveness.
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Preface: "The present monograph is a significantly revised version of my Emory University dissertation. Although the structure and central theses have not changed in the three years since it was submitted, every piece of it has been polished and strengthened, and in some cases rewritten."
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Dissertation Emory Universität Atlanta 2008
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783161507854
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hays, Christopher B., 1973 - Death in the Iron Age II and in the First Isaiah Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2011 ISBN 9783161507854
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Bibel 1-39 Jesaja
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Tod
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Alter Orient
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Tod
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Geschichte 1000-587 v. Chr.
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Hochschulschrift
Author information:
Hays, Christopher B. 1973-
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