First Isaiah and the disappearance of the gods / [print]
Matthew J. Lynch.
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, (c)2021.
- xiv, 126 pages : tables ; 23 cm.
- Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; 12 .
- Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; 12. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Rhetoric of exaltation and abasement in First Isaiah -- Yahweh's exaltation in Isaiah 2:6-22 -- Enemy boasts and prophetic response in Isaiah 10 -- The folly of the gods in Isaiah 19 -- Conclusions and comparison.
"Examines the rhetorical strategies behind the monotheizing rhetoric of First Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible"--
9781575068398
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Bible.--Isaiah, I-XXXIX--Criticism, interpretation, etc.