The return of YHWH : the tension between deliverance and repentance in Isaiah 40-55

The return of YHWH : the tension between deliverance and repentance in Isaiah 40-55 / Blaženka Scheuer.

The theology of Isaiah 40-55 has two seemingly contradictory aspects: the tension between the consolatory message of deliverance, and the harsh tone of accusation and the call to repentance. This study argues that such tension does not necessarily disclose a different authorship, but that it express...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheuer, Blaženka
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2008.
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 377.
Subjects:
Bible. > Isaiah, XL-LV > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Isaiah, XL-LV
Repentance.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Prophets.
Repentance
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The subject of this investigation
  • The historical context
  • Redaction
  • Procedure
  • Definition of concepts
  • The history of research
  • The call to repentance
  • Sin and repentance in Isaiah 40-50
  • Studies that refer to the "sins of the past"
  • Studies that refer to the "sins of the present"
  • Sin, repentance and transformation
  • Accusations against the Israelites
  • Isaiah 43:22-28
  • Isaiah 46:8-13
  • Isaiah 46:8-11
  • Isaiah 46:12-13
  • Isaiah 48:1-11
  • Isaiah 50:1-3
  • The calls to repentance
  • Isaiah 44:21-22
  • Isaiah 55:6-7
  • Repentance in Isaiah 55
  • Repentance and deliverance in Isaiah 55
  • The function of transformation
  • The idol-worshippers
  • Idol-fabrication texts
  • Isaiah 40:19-20
  • Isaiah 41:6-7
  • Isaiah 44:9-20
  • Isaiah 46:6-7
  • The charges against the nations
  • The idol-worshippers : the nations or the Israelites?
  • Jeremiah and Ezekiel
  • Jeremiah
  • The calls to repentance
  • Jeremiah 3
  • The transformation texts
  • Ezekiel
  • The calls to repentance
  • The transformation texts
  • Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Deutero-Isaiah
  • Deliverance and repentance
  • The concept of sin
  • The explicit formulations
  • The implicit statements
  • The concept of repentance
  • The concept of deliverance
  • The relationship between deliverance and repentance
  • The return of YHWH
  • The tension as a theological challenge.

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