The Significance of the Rhetorical Ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16

The Significance of the Rhetorical Ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16

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Abstract: The ambiguity in Isa 54:16a concerning the identity of the subject (YHWH or the smith) of the two verbs evoking 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 whol...

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Main Authors: Nissim Amzallag, Shamir Yona
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: OTSSA 2018-10-01
Series:Old Testament Essays
Subjects:
primeval Yahwism
kbd-YHWH
copper metallurgy
anti-Edomite ideology
book of Isaiah
Online Access:https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/217
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Summary:Abstract: The ambiguity in Isa 54:16a concerning the identity of the subject (YHWH or the smith) of the two verbs evoking 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 Isaiah 54 chapter, this device becomes a plea for the definitive replacement of Edom with Israel as YHWH’s people, exactly as in Isaiah 34-35 and Isaiah 61-63
ISSN:1010-9919
2312-3621

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