Prophecy and propaganda: images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah

by Eidevall, Göran

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Full title :Prophecy and propaganda : images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah / Göran Eidevall.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Eisenbrauns
Place of Publication:Winona Lake, Ind
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:vi, 223 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781575068060, 1575068060
oclc:ocn977842611
LC Classification:BS1515.52
Dewey Decimal:224/.106

Outlining the task : backgrounds and goals -- On enemy images -- Enemy images in texts from the ancient Near East -- Enemy images and biblical exegesis : perspectives on previous research -- On the Book of Isaiah as object of the investigation -- Problems, goals, and methods -- Images of empires -- Isa 5:26-30 : a prologue to the discourse on empires -- Images of Assyria -- Images of Egypt and Cush -- Images of Babylon -- Empire portraits : comparisons and conclusions -- Images of neighbouring nations -- Images of Ephraim/Israel and Aram -- Images of Edom -- Images of other neighbouring nations -- Neighbouring nations : comparisons and conclusions -- Anonymous enemies -- Rebels and stubble : characterization of anonymous enemies -- Key passages -- Links to images of nations and empires -- Named and unnamed enemies in a macrostructural perspective -- The enemies and YHWH -- Enemies of YHWH -- Enemies as instruments in YHWH's service -- YHWH as enemy -- YHWH as the enemy's enemy -- Enemy images, ideology, and identity -- The Zion-centered perspective and the 701 paradigm -- Prophecies as political propaganda -- On enemy images and implied self-images -- Summary.