Imperial Visions
The Prophet and the Book of Isaiah in an Age of Empires
Contributions by Uwe Becker Contributions by Reinhard Müller Contributions by Graeme Auld Contributions by Hugh G.M. Williamson Contributions by Anja Klein Contributions by Alison Salvesen Contributions by Jacob Stromberg Contributions by Joachim Schaper Contributions by Reinhard Gregor Kratz Contributions by Ronnie Goldstein Contributions by Matthijs de Jong Edited by Reinhard Gregor Kratz Edited by Joachim Schaper Series edited by Ismo Dunderberg Series edited by Hermut Löhr Series edited by Jan Christian Gertz Series edited by Joachim Schaper
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(November 2020)
ISBN: 9783525560358
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Living and writing in an age of transition
In recent years, an interest in empire(s) has emerged in Assyriology, Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Studies and in other areas of the study of the ancient world. Collaborative research projects are devoted to questions of empire and imperialism, and the prophets of Israel and Judah and the books named after them are explored as agents in the contexts of the empires of their times. To some degree, all of this may be seen as a revival of the intense interest which the works of Oswald Spengler, Arnold Toynbee and Karl Wittfogel generated in the twentieth century, in historical situations very different from our own age. But then we too live in an age of transition characterized by insecurity and a lack of orientation and are driven to study the rise and fall of empires through the ages. The present volume, containing essays which are the fruits of the fifth meeting of the Aberdeen Prophecy Network, at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg of the University of Gottingen in October 2015, provides a distinctive perspective on prophecy in the context of empire. It is inspired by the fact that the book of Isaiah enables us to follow the vagaries of a particular prophetic tradition through five centuries under three different empires. The essays in the present volume focus on the history of composition of the constituent parts of the book of Isaiah as well as their correlations with the political and cultural histories of the empires under which they were produced. The volume thus navigates some of the key points of the history of Isaiah and the book named after him.
Dr. Uwe Becker ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Universität Jena.
- Contributions by Reinhard Müller
- Contributions by Uwe Becker
- Contributions by Graeme Auld
- Contributions by Hugh G.M. Williamson
- Contributions by Anja Klein
- Contributions by Alison Salvesen
- Contributions by Jacob Stromberg
- Contributions by Joachim Schaper
- Contributions by Reinhard Gregor Kratz
- Contributions by Ronnie Goldstein
- Contributions by Matthijs de Jong
- Edited by Reinhard Gregor Kratz
- Edited by Joachim Schaper
- Series edited by Ismo Dunderberg
- Series edited by Hermut Löhr
- Series edited by Jan Christian Gertz
- Series edited by Joachim Schaper
Other Titles in this Series
„Wie die Verwundeten ‒ derer du nicht mehr gedenkst”
Zur Phänomenologie des Traumas in den Psalmen 22, 88, 107 und 137
The Spirit World in the Letters of Paul the Apostle
A Critical Examination of the Role of Spiritual Beings in the Authentic Pauline Epistles
Die Ortsangaben im Buch Genesis
Ein historisch-topographischer und literarisch-topographischer Kommentar
Die himmlische Bürgerschaft
Untersuchungen zu einem urchristlichen Sprachmotiv im Spannungsfeld von religiöser Integration und Abgrenzung im 1. und 2. Jahrhundert
Divine Substitution
Humanity as the Manifestation of Deity in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Der eine Gott Israels und die Mächte der Welt
Der Weg Gottes im Alten Testament vom Herrn seines Volkes zum Herrn der ganzen Welt
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