The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives

by Hom, Mary Katherine Y.H.

• ISBN13: 9780567631718
• ISBN10: 0567631710
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-26
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiahis a literary analysis of every text in Isaiah in which the Assyrians explicitly or implicitly feature. In addition, a few texts regarded by dominant voices in scholarship as referring to the Assyrians are discussed. The general approach of this work is to assume a literary synchronic reading in order to appreciate the narrative artistry and meaning conveyed by the final form of the text and to establish a standard from which diachronic inquiry may proceed. Each chapter is a study in its own right, usually concentrating on a passage or chapter of Isaiah. In addition to analysing the role of the Assyrians from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, these chapters also explore the sophisticated ways by which literary devices function in relation to the depiction of the Assyrians.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Previous Research and Related Material	p. 1
Method	p. 4
Definitions	p. 6
Procedure	p. 7
Compositional History	p. 8
The Generalization of the Assyrian Invasion in 701: diachronic Typologization I-Isaiah 1:5-9	p. 13
From Assyrians to Babylonians: Diachronic Typologization II-Isaiah 5:25-30	p. 17
Assyria and Egypt: Synchronic Typology I-Isaiah 7:3, 17-25	p. 22
Isaiah 7:3	p. 22
Isaiah 7:17-25	p. 24
Children and Rivers: Sign-Names and Imagery-Isaiah 8:1-10	p. 29
Assyria Ultra Vires: Inner Perspectives, Imagery, Synchronic Typology II, and Poetic Devices-Isaiah 10	p. 36
Isaiah 10:5-19	p. 36
Isaiah 10:20-23	p. 45
Isaiah 10:24-27	p. 47
Isaiah 10:28-34	p. 49
From Egypt to Assyria: Synchronic Typology III-Isaiah 11:11-16	p. 53
Babylonian Supersession I: Analogy vs. Typology and Challenging Erlandsson-Isaiah 13-14	p. 55
Isaiah 13:1-14:23	p. 55
Isaiah 14:24-27 (Diachronic Typologization III)	p. 62
Isaiah 14:28-32 (Diachronic Typologization IV)	p. 66
Future Heights: Synchronic Typology IV and Contrast-Isaiah 19:23-25	p. 70
Present Realities: Particularized Depiction and Contrast-Isaiah 20:1-6 in the Context of Isaiah 18-20	p. 76
Isaiah 18-20	p. 76
Isaiah 20:1-6	p. 80
Crux Interpretum: Diachronic Typologization V-Isaiah	p. 84
The "Replacement" Passage: Diachronic Typologization VI-Isaiah 23:13	p. 92
Empire and City: Synchronic Typology V-Isaiah 27:12-13 in the Context of Isaiah 24-27	p. 97
Isaiah 27:12-13	p. 97
The Dating of Isaiah 24-27 and the Identification of the Unnamed City	p. 99
The Flood Overflows: Synchronic Typology VI and an Agricultural Parable-Isaiah 28	p. 101
The Great Reversal: Key Terminology and Intertextuality-Isaiah 30	p. 120
Reinforcement from Another Perspective: Smile and Typological Shifts; Synchronic Typology VII-Isaiah 31:1-9	p. 140
Three Oppressors in One: Synchronic Typology VIII-Isaiah 33	p. 155
Distinctives: The Portrayal of the Assyrians in the Isaianic version of the Hezekiah narrative in comparison with kings and Chronicles-Isaiah 36-39	p. 161
The Absence of Equivalents to 2 Kings 18:1-12 and 20:20-21	p. 163
Isaiah 36:1	p. 164
Isaiah 36:2-3	p. 165
Isaiah 36:8	p. 167
Isaiah 36:10	p. 168
Isaiah 36:17	p. 169
Isaiah 36:18	p. 170
Isaiah 36:21	p. 170
Isaiah 37:4	p. 171
Isaiah 37:9	p. 171
Isaiah 37:16	p. 172
Isaiah 37:17-18	p. 172
Isaiah 37:21	p. 173
Isaiah 37:24	p. 174
Isaiah 37:25	p. 174
Isaiah 37:27-28	p. 175
Isaiah 37:32	p. 176
Isaiah 37:36	p. 177
Isaiah 37:38	p. 178
Isaiah 38	p. 178
Isaiah 39	p. 181
Implications for Other Passages in Isaiah	p. 182
Babylonian Supersession II: Synchronic Typology IX and Analogy-Isaiah 52:1-6	p. 186
Conclusions	p. 190
Epilogue: On the Subversive Nature of the Assyria Material in Isaiah	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 210
Index of References	p. 223
Index of Authors	p. 232
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