The Holy City

by Hoppe, Leslie J.

• ISBN13: 9780814650813
• ISBN10: 0814650813
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Michael Glazier

Author Biography

Leslie J. Hoppe, O.F.M., Ph.D., is professor of Old Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago

Table of Contents

Jerusalem, the Holy City	1	(22)
Judaism	1	(5)
Christianity	6	(8)
Islam	14	(8)
Conclusion	22	(1)
Zion, the City of God: Jerusalem in the Book of Psalms	23	(20)
God's Kingship	23	(2)
Mount Zion and Mount Zaphon	25	(2)
The River Running Through Zion	27	(2)
God's Victory over Chaotic Powers	29	(2)
God's Victory over the Nations	31	(1)
Pilgrimage to Zion	32	(1)
The Lord's Anointed	33	(2)
Mother Zion	35	(2)
The Inviolability of Zion	37	(1)
Exile and Restoration	38	(2)
Conclusion	40	(3)
A Place for God's Name: Jerusalem in the Deuteronomic Tradition	43	(14)
The Book of Deuteronomy	43	(4)
The Deuteronomistic History of Israel	47	(6)
The Influence of the Deuteronomic Tradition	53	(2)
Conclusion	55	(2)
Ariel: Jerusalem in Isaiah 1-39	57	(16)
Oracles of Judgment	58	(7)
Oracles of Salvation	65	(4)
Zion's Fate	69	(1)
Conclusion	70	(3)
Zion Under Judgment: Jerusalem in Pre-Exilic and Exilic Prophecy	73	(26)
The Book of Micah	73	(7)
The Book of Zephaniah	80	(2)
The Book of Jeremiah	82	(6)
The Book of Lamentations	88	(5)
The Book of Ezekiel	93	(5)
Conclusion	98	(1)
A Vision of Restoration: Jerusalem in Second Isaiah	99	(12)
Isaiah 40:1-11	101	(3)
Isaiah 49:8-50:3	104	(1)
Isaiah 51:1-52:12	105	(3)
Isaiah 54:1-17	108	(1)
Conclusion	109	(2)
Zion Rebuilt: Jerusalem in the Post-Exilic Period	111	(16)
Haggai	111	(3)
Zechariah 1-8	114	(4)
The Books of Chronicles	118	(4)
Ezra and Nehemiah	122	(1)
Malachi	123	(2)
Conclusion	125	(2)
The New Jerusalem	127	(24)
Isaiah 56-66	128	(3)
Zechariah 9-14	131	(4)
Joel	135	(3)
Isaiah 24-27	138	(2)
Daniel	140	(3)
First Enoch	143	(1)
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs	144	(1)
The Dead Sea Scrolls	145	(3)
The Psalms of Solomon	148	(1)
The Sibylline Oracles, Book Five	149	(1)
Conclusion	150	(1)
The Liberated City: The Defense of Jerusalem	151	(12)
First Maccabees	152	(2)
Second Maccabees	154	(2)
Baruch	156	(1)
Judith	157	(3)
The Book of Jubilees	160	(1)
Conclusion	161	(2)
Epilogue: The Fall of Jerusalem According to Second Baruch	163	(6)
Abbreviations	169	(2)
Bibliography	171	(5)
Index of Biblical Texts	176	(7)
Index of Ancient Texts	183	(2)
Author Index	185	(2)
Subject Index	187