Violence, Otherness and Identity in Isaiah 63:1-6 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Violence, Otherness and Identity in Isaiah 63:1-6 write by Dominic S. Irudayaraj. This book was released on 2017-04-20. Violence, Otherness and Identity in Isaiah 63:1-6 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Violence disturbs. And violent depictions, when encountered in the biblical texts, are all the more disconcerting. Isaiah 63:1-6 is an illustrative instance. The prophetic text presents the "Arriving One" in gory details ('trampling down people'; 'pouring out their lifeblood' v.6). Further, the introductory note that the Arriving One is “coming from Edom” (cf. v.1) may suggest Israel's unrelenting animosity towards Edom. These two themes: the "gory depiction" and "coming from Edom" are addressed in this book. Irudayaraj uses a social identity reading to show how Edom is consistently pictured as Israel's proximate and yet 'other'-ed entity. Approaching Edom as such thus helps situate the animosity within a larger prophetic vision of identity construction in the postexilic Third Isaian context. By adopting an iconographic reading of Isaiah 63:1-6, Irudayaraj shows how the prophetic portrayal of the 'Arriving One' in descriptions where it is clear that the 'Arriving One' is a marginalised identity correlates with the experiences of the "stooped" exiles (cf 51:14). He also demonstrates that the text leaves behind emphatic affirmations ('mighty' and 'splendidly robed' cf. v.1; “alone” cf. v.3), by which the relegated voice of the divine reasserts itself. It is in this divine reassertion that the hope of the Isaian community's reclamation of its own identity rests.
Isaiah Among The Ancient Near Eastern Prophets
Isaiah Among The Ancient Near Eastern Prophets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Isaiah Among The Ancient Near Eastern Prophets write by Matthijs J. De Jong. This book was released on 2007. Isaiah Among The Ancient Near Eastern Prophets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offering a comparison between the earliest parts of the book of Isaiah and the Assyrian prophecies, this book maintains that ancient Israelite prophecy, of which Isaiah was an exponent, was much in conformity with ancient Near Eastern prophecy in general.
Halley's Bible Handbook
Halley's Bible Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Halley's Bible Handbook write by Henry Hampton Halley. This book was released on 1965. Halley's Bible Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Halley's Bible Handbook, the classic layperson's companion text, includes a concise Bible commentary, important discoveries in archaeology, related historical data, church history, maps, and more.
Egypt of the Saite pharaohs, 664–525 BC
Egypt of the Saite pharaohs, 664–525 BC - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Egypt of the Saite pharaohs, 664–525 BC write by Roger Forshaw. This book was released on 2019-05-22. Egypt of the Saite pharaohs, 664–525 BC available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the 660s BC Egypt was a politically fragmented and occupied country. However, this was to change when a family of local rulers from the city of Sais declared independence from the Assyrian Empire, and in a few short years succeeded in bringing about the reunification of Egypt. The Saites established central government, reformed the economy and promoted trade. The country became prosperous, achieving a pre-eminent role in the Mediterranean world. This is the first monograph devoted entirely to a detailed exploration of the Saite Dynasty. It reveals the dynamic nature of the period, the astuteness of the Saite rulers and their considerable achievements in the political, economic, administrative and cultural spheres. It will appeal not only to students of Egyptology but also, because of the interactions of the Saite Dynasty with the Aegean and Mesopotamia worlds, to anyone interested in ancient history.
Haggai Zechariah and Malachi
Haggai Zechariah and Malachi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Haggai Zechariah and Malachi write by Joyce G. Baldwin. This book was released on 1972. Haggai Zechariah and Malachi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
