Eating in Isaiah : Approaching the Role of Food and Drink in Isaiah's Structure and Message.
Abernethy, Andrew T.
Eating in Isaiah : Approaching the Role of Food and Drink in Isaiah's Structure and Message. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - Biblical Interpretation Series ; v.131 . - Biblical Interpretation Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Food and Drink in Old Testament Scholarship -- Method for Approaching Eating in Isaiah -- Diachronic or Synchronic? -- Three Methodological Premises -- Literature is Purposeful -- Textual and Reading Strategies -- Textual Features of Ancient Hebrew Texts -- Summary -- A Sequential-Synchronic Approach to Eating in Isaiah -- Chapter 2 Repentance, Retribution, and Sovereignty: Eating in Isaiah 1 -- Eating in Isaiah 1 -- Isaiah 1:2 -- Isaiah 1:3 -- Isaiah 1:7 -- Feeding Troops -- Battle Tactics -- Isaiah 1:11-14 -- Isaiah 1:18-20 -- The Logic of Isaiah 1:18-20 -- Reasons for Eating at Rhetorical Climax -- Eating and Retribution -- Eating, Sovereignty, and Reversing Isaiah 1:7 -- Eating and Full-Scale Restoration -- Conclusion on Eating in Isaiah 1:18-20 -- Isaiah 1:22 -- Isaiah 1:29 -- Summary -- Eating in Isaiah 1 as an Introduction? -- Chapter 3 An Imperial-Retributive Schema: Eating in Isaiah 2-35 in Light of Isaiah 1 as an Introduction -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 2-35 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 1-12 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 13-23 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 24-27 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 28-35 -- Summary -- Promises of Food and Drink in Isaiah 2-35 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 1-12 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 13-23 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 24-27 -- Ways of Understanding the Feast -- The Feast as a Covenant Meal -- The Feast as a Mythological Victory Feast -- Enthronement Feast -- Summary -- Feast from an "Imperial-Retributive" Perspective -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 28-35 -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Imperial Rhetoric and Eating in Isaiah 36-37 -- Isaiah 36-37 as a Literary Unit -- Repetition between Threats -- Repetition between Responses -- Repetition between Oracles. Sovereignty and Repetition between Forms -- Eating in Isaiah 36:12, 16-17 and 37:30 -- Conclusion on Eating in Isaiah 36-37 -- Eating in Isaiah 36-37 within Isaiah 1-39 -- Eating in Isaiah 7 and 37 -- Eating in Isaiah 1 and Isaiah 36-37 -- Eating in Isaiah 36-37 and Isaiah 1-39 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Comfort Food: Eating in Isaiah 40-55 in Association with Isaiah 1-39 -- Eating in Isaiah 55:1-3a within Isaiah 40-55 -- Thirst and Water in Isaiah 40-55 -- Isaiah 41:17-20 -- Isaiah 43:16-21 -- Isaiah 44:3 -- Isaiah 48:20-21 -- Isaiah 49:9-10 -- Reading Water and Thirst in Isaiah 55:1a -- Buying Wine and Milk Without Money in Isaiah 40-55 -- Buying What is Not Bread in Isaiah 40-55 -- Eating and Listening -- Summary -- Eating in Isaiah 40-55 in Association with Isaiah 1-39 -- Differences between Eating in Isaiah 1-39 and 40-55 -- Associations through Eating between Isaiah 1-39 and 40-55 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 In or Out? Eating in Isaiah 65-66 as a Conclusion to Isaiah -- Food and Drink in Isaiah 65-66 -- Out through Eating -- The "In" Shall Eat -- Eating in Isaiah 65:8 -- Eating in Isaiah 65:13 -- Eating in Isaiah 65:21-22a -- Eating in Isaiah 66:7-14 -- Eating in Isaiah 66:15-24 -- Summary of Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Food and Drink in Isaiah 65-66 as a Conclusion to Isaiah 56-66 -- Isaiah 56:1-8 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Isaiah 56:9-57:21 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Isaiah 58-59 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Isaiah 60-62 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Nursing the Glory of the Nations -- Eating and Foreigners -- Isaiah 63-64 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Summary -- Food and Drink in Isaiah 65-66 as Part of the Conclusion of the Book of Isaiah -- Eating, Retribution, Obedience, and Ethnicity -- Eating and Sovereignty -- Eating and Zion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Food and Drink in the Scaffolding of Isaiah. Food and Drink in the Sections of Isaiah -- Food and Drink in Major Themes -- Uses of Food and Drink -- Final Reflections -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Scripture Index.
In Eating in Isaiah Andrew T. Abernethy employs a sequential-synchronic approach to explore the role of eating in the structure and message of the book of Isaiah.
9789004280861
Bible.-Isaiah-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dinners and dining in the Bible.
Electronic books.
BS1515.6.D55 -- .A247 2014eb
224/.10839412
Eating in Isaiah : Approaching the Role of Food and Drink in Isaiah's Structure and Message. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - Biblical Interpretation Series ; v.131 . - Biblical Interpretation Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Food and Drink in Old Testament Scholarship -- Method for Approaching Eating in Isaiah -- Diachronic or Synchronic? -- Three Methodological Premises -- Literature is Purposeful -- Textual and Reading Strategies -- Textual Features of Ancient Hebrew Texts -- Summary -- A Sequential-Synchronic Approach to Eating in Isaiah -- Chapter 2 Repentance, Retribution, and Sovereignty: Eating in Isaiah 1 -- Eating in Isaiah 1 -- Isaiah 1:2 -- Isaiah 1:3 -- Isaiah 1:7 -- Feeding Troops -- Battle Tactics -- Isaiah 1:11-14 -- Isaiah 1:18-20 -- The Logic of Isaiah 1:18-20 -- Reasons for Eating at Rhetorical Climax -- Eating and Retribution -- Eating, Sovereignty, and Reversing Isaiah 1:7 -- Eating and Full-Scale Restoration -- Conclusion on Eating in Isaiah 1:18-20 -- Isaiah 1:22 -- Isaiah 1:29 -- Summary -- Eating in Isaiah 1 as an Introduction? -- Chapter 3 An Imperial-Retributive Schema: Eating in Isaiah 2-35 in Light of Isaiah 1 as an Introduction -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 2-35 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 1-12 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 13-23 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 24-27 -- Lack of Food and Drink in Isaiah 28-35 -- Summary -- Promises of Food and Drink in Isaiah 2-35 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 1-12 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 13-23 -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 24-27 -- Ways of Understanding the Feast -- The Feast as a Covenant Meal -- The Feast as a Mythological Victory Feast -- Enthronement Feast -- Summary -- Feast from an "Imperial-Retributive" Perspective -- The Prospect of Eating in Isaiah 28-35 -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Imperial Rhetoric and Eating in Isaiah 36-37 -- Isaiah 36-37 as a Literary Unit -- Repetition between Threats -- Repetition between Responses -- Repetition between Oracles. Sovereignty and Repetition between Forms -- Eating in Isaiah 36:12, 16-17 and 37:30 -- Conclusion on Eating in Isaiah 36-37 -- Eating in Isaiah 36-37 within Isaiah 1-39 -- Eating in Isaiah 7 and 37 -- Eating in Isaiah 1 and Isaiah 36-37 -- Eating in Isaiah 36-37 and Isaiah 1-39 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Comfort Food: Eating in Isaiah 40-55 in Association with Isaiah 1-39 -- Eating in Isaiah 55:1-3a within Isaiah 40-55 -- Thirst and Water in Isaiah 40-55 -- Isaiah 41:17-20 -- Isaiah 43:16-21 -- Isaiah 44:3 -- Isaiah 48:20-21 -- Isaiah 49:9-10 -- Reading Water and Thirst in Isaiah 55:1a -- Buying Wine and Milk Without Money in Isaiah 40-55 -- Buying What is Not Bread in Isaiah 40-55 -- Eating and Listening -- Summary -- Eating in Isaiah 40-55 in Association with Isaiah 1-39 -- Differences between Eating in Isaiah 1-39 and 40-55 -- Associations through Eating between Isaiah 1-39 and 40-55 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 In or Out? Eating in Isaiah 65-66 as a Conclusion to Isaiah -- Food and Drink in Isaiah 65-66 -- Out through Eating -- The "In" Shall Eat -- Eating in Isaiah 65:8 -- Eating in Isaiah 65:13 -- Eating in Isaiah 65:21-22a -- Eating in Isaiah 66:7-14 -- Eating in Isaiah 66:15-24 -- Summary of Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Food and Drink in Isaiah 65-66 as a Conclusion to Isaiah 56-66 -- Isaiah 56:1-8 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Isaiah 56:9-57:21 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Isaiah 58-59 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Isaiah 60-62 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Nursing the Glory of the Nations -- Eating and Foreigners -- Isaiah 63-64 and Eating in Isaiah 65-66 -- Summary -- Food and Drink in Isaiah 65-66 as Part of the Conclusion of the Book of Isaiah -- Eating, Retribution, Obedience, and Ethnicity -- Eating and Sovereignty -- Eating and Zion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Food and Drink in the Scaffolding of Isaiah. Food and Drink in the Sections of Isaiah -- Food and Drink in Major Themes -- Uses of Food and Drink -- Final Reflections -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Scripture Index.
In Eating in Isaiah Andrew T. Abernethy employs a sequential-synchronic approach to explore the role of eating in the structure and message of the book of Isaiah.
9789004280861
Bible.-Isaiah-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dinners and dining in the Bible.
Electronic books.
BS1515.6.D55 -- .A247 2014eb
224/.10839412