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Writing and reading the Scroll of Isaiah : studies of an interpretative tradition
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ISBN: 9004110275 9004109366 9004110267 9004275940 9004275959 9789004110267 9789004109360 9789004275959 9789004275942 Year: 1997 Volume: I, 1-2 70, 1-2 Publisher: Leiden Brill

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This first part of a 2-volume work, this study combines recent approaches that treat the formation and early interpretation of the final form of the book of Isaiah with the more conventional historical-critical methods that treat the use of traditions by Isaiah's authors and editors. Studies investigate Isaiah's use of early sacred tradition, the editing and contextualization of oracles within the Isaianic tradition itself, and the interpretation of the book of Isaiah in later traditions (as seen in the various versions of the text and various communities). Contributors of this volume include virtually all of the major scholars of Isaiah and the leading scholars of biblical interpretation in the intertestamental, New Testament, and early Jewish periods.

Double standards in Isaiah : re-evaluating prophetic ethics and divine justice
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ISBN: 9004115811 9004497056 9789004115811 9789004497054 Year: 2000 Volume: 46 Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill,

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Double Standards in Isaiah examines from a reader-orientated perspective the ethical teaching of the largest and most important of the prophetic books, and addresses the most crucial ethical issue in biblical studies: how can Yahweh justly demand such high standards of conduct for his people when he fails to live by them himself? The author considers the role of this dilemma throughout Isaiah, concluding that the 'double standards' in operation are, for Isaiah, the inevitable by-product of the prophet's vision of Yahweh's exalted status and moral superiority. This provocative book offers a unique and creative approach to the difficulty of representing the character and conduct of God, and will be essential reading for students of Isaiah and anyone with an interest in the many ethical problems of the Hebrew Bible.

LXX-Isaiah as translation and interpretation
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ISBN: 9789004153943 9004153942 9786611917456 1281917451 9047422996 9789047422990 9781281917454 6611917454 Year: 2008 Volume: 124 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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This book offers a fresh understanding of how Isaiah was translated into Greek, by considering the impact of the translator's Alexandrian milieu on his work. Whereas most studies over the past fifty years have regarded the book's free translation style as betraying the translator's conviction that Isaiah's oracles were being fulfilled in his day, this study argues that he was primarily interested in offering his Greek-speaking co-religionists a cohesive representation of Isaiah's ideas. Comparison of the translator's interpretative tacks with those employed by the grammatikoi in their study of Homer offers a convincing picture of his work as an Alexandrian Jew and clarifies how this translation should be assessed in reconstructing early textual forms of Hebrew Isaiah.

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