Among the Prophets: Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings (JSOT Supplement Series)

225 Pages·1993·10.39 MB·English

by  Philip R. Davies

JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
SUPPLEMENT SERIES
144
Editors
David J.A. Clines
Philip R. Davies
Editorial Board
Richard J. Coggins, Alan Cooper, Tamara C. Eskenazi,
J. Cheryl Exum, Robert P. Gordon, Norman K. Gottwald,
Andrew D.H. Mayes, Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller
JSOT Press
Sheffield
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AMONG THE PROPHETS
Language, Image and Structure in
the Prophetic Writings
Edited by
Philip R. Davies
and
David J.A. Clines
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Supplement Series 144
Copyright © 1993 Sheffield Academic Press
Published by JSOT Press
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Sheffield Academic Press Ltd
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Among the Prophets: Language, Image and
Structure in the Prophetic Writings.—
(JSOT Supplement Series, ISSN 0309-0787;
No. 144)
I. Davies, Philip R.
II. Clines, David J.A. III. Series
224
ISBN 1-85075-361-x
CONTENTS
Preface 7
Abbreviations 8
List of Contributors 1 0
Part I
ISAIAH
K.T. AITKEN
Hearing and Seeing: Metamorphoses of a Motif in Isaiah 1-39 1 2
MARVIN A. SWEENEY
On unfsos i n Isaiah 8.6 4 2
MICHAEL L. BARRE
Of Lions and Birds: A Note on Isaiah 31.4-5 5 5
FRANCIS LANDY
The Construction of the Subject and the Symbolic Order:
A Reading of the Last Three Suffering Servant Songs 6 0
JOHN F. A. SAWYER
Radical Images of Yahweh in Isaiah 63 7 2
Part II
EZEKIEL
M.G. SWANEPOEL
Ezekiel 16: Abandoned Child, Bride Adorned
or Unfaithful Wife? 8 4
6 Among the Prophets
JOHN B. GEYER
Ezekiel 27 and the Cosmic Ship 10 5
LESLIE C. ALLEN
Structure, Tradition and Redaction in Ezekiel's
Death Valley Vision 12 7
Part III
MINOR PROPHETS
ALAN COOPER
In Praise of Divine Caprice: The Significance of the
Book of Jonah 14 4
TIMOTHY L. WILT
Jonah: A Battle of Shifting Alliances 16 4
ATHALYA BRENNER
Jonah's Poem out of and within its Context 18 3
JAMES NOGALSKI
The Redactional Shaping of Nahum 1 for the Book
of the Twelve 19 3
Index of References 20 3
Index of Authors 21 6
PREFACE
The papers presented i n this volume were originally offered to the
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament and accepted by its editors
for publication. In view of the growing pressure on space in the Journal,
it was subsequently decided, with the consent of the contributors, to
issue them in the JSOT Supplement Series, in the belief that such a
volume also affords a more convenient format for the reader interested
in the themes and directions of current research into the prophets.
The Editors
ABBREVIATIONS
AB Ancho r Bible
AnBib Analect a biblica
ANET J.B . Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts
BOB F . Brown, S.R. Driver and C.A. Briggs, Hebrew and English
Lexicon of the Old Testament
BETL Bibliothec a ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
BHS Biblia hebraica stuttgartensia
Bib Biblica
BibOr Biblic a et orientalia
BKAT Biblische r Kommentar: Altes Testament
B N Biblische Notizen
flZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZAW Beiheft e zur 7A W
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CML J.C.L . Gibson, Canaanite Myths and Legends (Edinburgh:
T. & T. Clark, 2nd edn, 1978).
GKC Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautszch, trans.
A.E. Cowley
FRLANT Forschunge n zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen
Testaments
HAR Hebrew Annual Review
HAT Handbuc h zum Alten Testament
HDR Harvar d Dissertations in Religion
H TR Harvard Theological Review
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
Int Interpretation
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series
NCB Ne w Century Bible
NEB Ne w English Bible
NJPSV Ne w Jewish Publication Society Version
OTL Ol d Testament Library
RHPR Revue d'historic et dephilosophic religieuses
SBL Societ y of Biblical Literature
SBLDS SB L Dissertation Series
SBT Studie s in Biblical Theology
Abbreviations 9
ST Studia theologica
TDNT G . Kittel and G. Friedrich (eds.), Theological Dictionary of the
New Testament
TDOT G.J . Botterweck and H. Ringgren (eds.), Theological
Dictionary of the Old Testament
TSK Theologische Studien und Kritiken
UT C.H . Gordon, Ugaritic Textbook (Rome, 1965)
UUA Uppsal a Universitetsarsskrift
VT Vetus Testamentun
WBC Wor d Biblical Commentary
WMANT Wissenschaftlich e Monographien zum Alien und Neuen
Testament
ZA W Zeitschriftfur die alttestamentliche Wissenschqft