Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah
Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives
Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah
Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567631718
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 05/07/2012
The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah is a literary analysis of every text in Isaiah in which the Assyrians explicitly or implicitly feature. In addition, a few texts regarded by dominant voices in scholarship as referring to the Assyrians are discussed. The general approach of this work is to assume a literary synchronic reading in order to appreciate the narrative artistry and meaning conveyed by the final form of the text and to establish a standard from which diachronic inquiry may proceed. Each chapter is a study in its own right, usually concentrating on a passage or chapter of Isaiah. In addition to analysing the role of the Assyrians from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, these chapters also explore the sophisticated ways by which literary devices function in relation to the depiction of the Assyrians.
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Generalisation of the Assyrian Invastion in 701 - Diachronic Typologisation I (Isa 1:5-9); Chapter 3: From Assyrians to Babylonians - Diachronic Typologisation II (Isa 5:25-30); Chapter 4: Assyria and Egypt - Synchronic Typology I (Isa 7:3, 17-25); Chapter 5: Children and Rivers - Sign-Names and Imagery (Isa 8:1-10); Chapter 6: Assyria ultra vires - Inner Perspectives, Imagery, Synchronic Typology II, and Poetic Devices (Isa 10); Chapter 7: From Egypt to Assyria - Synchronic Typology III (Isa 11:11-16); Chapter 8: Babylonian Supersession I - Analogy vs. Typology and Challenging Erlandsson (Isa 13-14); Chapter 9: Future Heights - Synchronic Typology IV and Contrast (Isa 19:23-25); Chapter 10: Present Realities - Particularised Depiction and Contrast (Isa 20:1-6 in the Context of Isa 18-20); Chapter 11: Crux Interpretum - Diachronic Typologisation V (Isa 21); Chapter 12: The 'Replacement' Passage - Diachronic Typologisation VI (Isa 23:13); Chapter 13: Empire and City - Synchronic Typology V (Isa 27:12-13 in the Context of Isa 24-27); Chapter 14: The Flood Overflows - Synchronic Typology VI and an Agricultural Parable (Isa 28); Chapter 15: The Great Reversal - Key Terminology and Intertextuality (Isa 30); Chapter 16: Reinforcement from Another Perspective - Simile and Typological Shifts (Synchronic Typology VII) (Isa 31:1-9); Chapter 17: Three Oppressors in One - Synchronic Typology VIII (Isa 33); Chapter 18: Distinctives - The Portrayal of the Assyrians in the Isaianic Version of the Hezekiah Narrative in Comparison with Kings and Chronicles (Isa 36-39); Chapter 19: Babylonian Suypersession II - Synchronic Typology IX and Analogy (Isa 52:1-6); Chapter 20: Conclusions; Epilogue - On the Subversive Nature of the Assyria Material in Isaiah; Bibliography; Index.
Hom has successfully put forth an exegetical journey of the characterizations of the Assyrians in Isaiah. Her writing is clear, her arguments are cogent, and her exegesis is solid. The volume would be of great use to students of Assyriology and of Isaiah and the prophets, or even of biblical history in general. -- Matthew James Hamilton * REVIEWS IN RELIGION & THEOLOGY * Summarized * Old Testament Abstracts * The greatest contribution of the book is in its sustained focus on the theme of the Assyrians in the book of Isaiah. As well, the details of the exegesis of individual texts and Hom's assessment and evaluation of modern scholarship will repay close attention. Reading the monograph brings a renewed appreciation for the function of the theme of the Assyrians in Isa 1-39 as a whole; and in that way the book fills a lacuna in scholarship. For this reason and more, the study is to be recommended. -- Paul S. Evans, McMaster Divinity College, Canada * Journal of Hebrew Scriptures *
