The present study explores the impact of Isaiah's vineyard story (Isa 5:1-7; 27:2-6) on the language, imagery, and theology of John 15:1-17. The study seeks to provide an exercise in biblical theology by way of a case study text, John 15:1-17. In so doing, the study seeks to con…
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This dissertation reevaluates the model of poet as prophet in Russian literature as a mechanism of political and social negotiation between the early nineteenth century Russia educated gentry, the imperial state, and the Russian reading public. Beginning in the Catherinian era, …
This study investigates the role of creation thought in Isaiah in order to determine its relationship to Isaiah's concept of God as creator, especially as it pertains to his salvific work for and through Israel. This investigation is carried out in three steps. First, Isaiah's u…
Among Deutero-Isaiah's many metaphors for God are “father” and “mother.” Five pericopes clearly use one or both of these images. The parent imagery appears alongside, and interacts with, other metaphors for God. Thus, the implications of the images of father and mother vary grea…
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the place of the nations in the book of Isaiah, particularly focusing on the prophecies that deal with the gentile nations positively in relation to salvation on Mount Zion. This work argues the thesis that the book of Isaiah presen…
Chapters 40–55 of the book of Isaiah, also known as Deutero-Isaiah, are concerned primarily with the themes of comfort and return. Its context is the time period of the Babylonian exile, though some scholars date portions as late as the mid-fifth century B.C.E. The message of co…
Among linguistic philosophers, speech act theory has illuminated the fact that uttering a sentence does not merely convey information; it may also involve the performing of an action. The concept of communicative action provides additional tools to the exegetical process as it p…
This study presents a rhetorical analysis of selected texts from Hebrew prophetic literature, particularly Isa 62:1–5 and 66:7–14, to establish a nonviolent and life-affirming model of redemption for Asian women. The preliminary study of Zion imagery in earlier prophetic literat…
To show the ways in which a conflict motif/model of creation is used in advancing the message of Second Isaiah, I will discuss its role first in the myths of other ancient Near Eastern cultures and their iconography and then in Second Isaiah. What the conflict model of creation …
Isaiah 24–27, the mislabeled ‘Isaiah apocalypse,’ forms one of the latest literary layers in the Book of Isaiah. An integral part of its literary strategy is the reuse and evocation of earlier texts from the Hebrew Bible. This dissertation examines those literary connections und…
The dissertation seeks to refine current methods of intertextual comparison and analysis of biblical texts. The introduction acknowledges a vast range of approaches to biblical intertextuality, recognizing the absence of uniform guidelines. Individual studies apply inconsistent …
This study sets forth the thesis that Isaiah used the concept of the `ēsâ (plan or decision) of Yahweh as a unique theologoumenon to express a coherent divine agency of Yahweh that manifested itself in the theological and historical matrix of the eighth century B.C.E. in Judah a…
This dissertation examines the substantive aspects of Isaiah 40–55 concerning the salvific program of Israel and the nations through the multidimensional studies of texts and concepts. It has been an ongoing issue of discussion whether the theology of Isaiah 40–55 portrays unive…
The purpose of this research was to investigate how the concepts of universalism and nationalism in the Book of Isaiah can be reconciled. The process of the analysis involved using canonical and rhetorical methodology to answer the research question and examine the hypothesis. T…
The focus of this thesis is on the way in which the theology of the author of the Epistle to the Ephesians is both shaped by and shapes the appropriation of OT texts and themes, especially in Eph 2:11-22. This reveals an overarching theme, not only in 2:11-22, but in the whole l…
This study explores the relationship between Zion and the unnamed servant in Isa 40--55, their respective roles, and how they elucidate the themes of suffering and restoration. The goals of this dissertation are: (1) to investigate the similarities and differences between the se…
In the last two decades the study of the Book of Isaiah has revolved around the issue of the unity of Isaiah. Scholars have asked whether it is legitimate to read each part of the Book of Isaiah independently while neglecting the literary relationship between them. Whereas there…
Some current Bible scholars have proposed explanations of Isaiah 19 irrespective of its original historical setting. Some Egyptologists have proposed connections between Isaiah 19 and Egypt of the 8th century B.C. This growing divide is what has stimulated this study of Isaiah 1…
While personified Zion in many prophetic texts represents the rebellious people and is thus portrayed as an adulterous spouse, mother Zion in Deutero-Isaiah (DI) represents the temple mount rather than its inhabitants. This is due to the influence of Zion theology, a central con…