I am large, I contain multitudes : lyric cohesion and conflict in Second Isaiah

I am large, I contain multitudes : lyric cohesion and conflict in Second Isaiah / by Katie M. Heffelfinger.

This thesis takes a lyric poetic approach by examining the series of poems on the homecoming to Zion as an element of comfort of the message of Second Isaiah. The practical application of this approach shows Second Isaiah to be characterized by tension, conflict, and juxtaposition as he addresses hi...

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Main Author: Heffelfinger, Katie M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Biblical interpretation series ; v. 105.
Subjects:
Bible. > Isaiah, XL-LV > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Isaiah, XL-LV > Language, style.
Bible. > Isaiah, XL-LV
Hebrew poetry, Biblical.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Prophets.
Language and languages > Style
Hebrew poetry, Biblical
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the role of poetry in the interpretation of Second Isaiah
  • Second Isaiah and lyric tools
  • The problem of comfort : Second Isaiah's rhetorical environment and its intractable problem
  • A paratactic-cohesive whole : lyric unity in Second Isaiah
  • Tonal tension and resolution in the divine speaking voice.

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