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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spelling doaj-95cda1685c1c401e86575c0354ab9b8a2020-11-25T03:48:45ZafrOTSSAOld Testament Essays1010-99192312-36212018-10-01312The Significance of the Rhetorical Ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16Nissim Amzallag0Shamir Yona1Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near East, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, IsraelDepartment of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near East, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, IsraelAbstract: 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 61-63https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/217primeval Yahwismkbd-YHWHcopper metallurgyanti-Edomite ideologybook of Isaiah
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The Significance of the Rhetorical Ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16
Old Testament Essays
primeval Yahwism
kbd-YHWH
copper metallurgy
anti-Edomite ideology
book of Isaiah
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title The Significance of the Rhetorical Ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16
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title_full The Significance of the Rhetorical Ambiguity in Isaiah 54:16
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2312-3621
publishDate 2018-10-01
description 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
topic primeval Yahwism
kbd-YHWH
copper metallurgy
anti-Edomite ideology
book of Isaiah
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