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Author Eidevall, Göran.

Title Prophecy and propaganda : images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah / Göran Eidevall.

Publication Info. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 219 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series, 0069-8954 ; 56
Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series ; 56. 0069-8954
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-219).
Contents Outlining the task : backgrounds and goals -- On enemy images -- Enemy images in texts from the ancient Near East -- Enemy images and biblical exegesis : perspectives on previous research -- On the Book of Isaiah as object of the investigation -- Problems, goals, and methods -- Images of empires -- Isa 5:26-30 : a prologue to the discourse on empires -- Images of Assyria -- Images of Egypt and Cush -- Images of Babylon -- Empire portraits : comparisons and conclusions -- Images of neighbouring nations -- Images of Ephraim/Israel and Aram -- Images of Edom -- Images of other neighbouring nations -- Neighbouring nations : comparisons and conclusions -- Anonymous enemies -- Rebels and stubble : characterization of anonymous enemies -- Key passages -- Links to images of nations and empires -- Named and unnamed enemies in a macrostructural perspective -- The enemies and YHWH -- Enemies of YHWH -- Enemies as instruments in YHWH's service -- YHWH as enemy -- YHWH as the enemy's enemy -- Enemy images, ideology, and identity -- The Zion-centered perspective and the 701 paradigm -- Prophecies as political propaganda -- On enemy images and implied self-images -- Summary.
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Subject Bible. Isaiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Isaiah.
Bible. Isaiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Isaiah.
Enemy in the Bible.
Enemy in the Bible.
God -- Biblical teaching.
God -- Biblical teaching.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Eidevall, Göran. Prophecy and propaganda. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009 (DLC) 2009003274
ISBN 9781575066332 (electronic book)
1575066335 (electronic book)
1575068060
9781575068060