Jerusalem and the Nations: Studies in the Book of Isaiah
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This volume contains the fruit of three decades of Ronald Clements’s researches on prophecy in the Old Testament.
This volume contains the fruit of three decades of Ronald Clements’s researches on prophecy in the Old Testament. In sixteen papers, seven of them not previously published, he broaches several leading questions about the origins of written prophecy in the Old Testament. A major focus is on the impact of the events of 701 BCE on the formation of the Isaiah book as a whole and the rise of Jerusalem as a centre of religious hope.
Further studies deal with the role of the Isaiah book in current biblical interpretation and the failure of twentieth-century interpreters to explain its unity. Other subjects concern ideas of divine providence, theodicy, and the links between ancient scribal methods of book formation and canonical authority. Special attention is given to the attempts to retain traditional Christian approaches to a book, the interpretation of which has been greatly transformed by modern critical study.
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| Table of Contents | Part I. Prophecy in New Perspective Part II. Isaiah and Jerusalem’s Deliverance in 701 BCE Part III. The Book of Isaiah in a Persian Context |
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Bo H. Lim, Review of Biblical Literature. –
Clements has long been a key figure in Isaianic studies, and he played a pivotal role in revitalizing research into the unity of the book of Isaiah, so this latest work is an important contribution. For a book containing previously published essays, its significant amount of new research and cohesiveness of argument justifies its publication. For those interested in the composition of Isa 36–39 and the development of the deliverance of Jerusalem tradition within ancient Israel, this book is a must read … The work cannot be ignored by Isaianic scholars and those interested in role of the Zion tradition in ancient Israel. While this book is written primarily for specialists, certain chapters would serve as a helpful introduction to key issues of Isaiah study for students.
Brad E. Kelle, Religious Studies Review. –
This collection of essays is a mixture of Clements’s previously published works, significantly revised articles, and new studies centered on three topic areas concerning the book of Isaiah. The sixteen essays share the conviction that the older scholarly division of Isaiah into two or three separate works was misguided and has undervalued the book’s holistic literary and theological dimensions… Most of the articles throughout the volume are dominated by some form of redactional analysis concerned with the stages of the growth of the book of Isaiah and its various traditions. The volume will make an important addition to resources for advanced students and scholars working on Isaiah in particular and prophecy in general.