The Significance of the Rhetorical Ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16

The ambiguity in Isa 54:16a concerning the identity of the subject (YHWH or the smith) of the two verbs relating a metallurgical action (to blow and to cast) is identified here as a rhetorical device intending to conceal the essential relation of YHWH with metallurgy. Integrated in the whole Isa 54...

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Main Authors: Nissim Amzallag, Shamir Yona
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: OTSSA 2018-08-01
Series:Old Testament Essays
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1010-99192018000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en