Desert Will Bloom : Poetic Visions in Isaiah.

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Poetic Imagination, Intertextuality, and Life in a Symbolic World / Melugin -- Persistent Vegetative States: People as Plants and Plants as People in Isaiah / Tull -- "Like a Mother I Have Comforted You": The Function of Figurative Language in Isaiah 1:7-26 and 66:7-14 / Franke -- A Bitter Memory: Isaiah's Commission in Isaiah 6:1-13 / Everson -- Poetic Vision in Isaiah 7:18-25 / Williamson -- Yhwh's Sovereign Rule and His Adoration on Mount Zion: A Comparison of Poetic Visions inIsaiah 24-27, 52, and 66 / Beuken -- The Legacy of Josiah in Isaiah 40-55 / Sweeney -- Spectrality in the Prologue to Deutero-Isaiah / Landy -- The Spider-Poet: Signs and Symbols in Isaiah 41 / Kim -- Consider the Source: A Reading of the Servant's Identity and Task in Isaiah 42:1-9 / Kennedy -- "They All Gather, They Come to You": History, Utopia, and the Reading of Isaiah 49:18-26 and 60:4-16 / Wells -- From Desolation to Delight: The Transformative Vision of Isaiah 60-62 / Dempsey -- The Nations' Journey to Zion: Pilgrimage andTribute as Metaphor in the Book of Isaiah / Stansell -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index of Scripture References -- Index of Authors.

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