Isaiah and Imperial Context

The Book of Isaiah in the Times of Empire

• Author(s): Andrew Abernethy, Mark G. Brett, Tim Bulkeley, Tim Meadowcroft,
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Pages: 262
• ISBN_10: 162189942X
  ISBN_13: 9781621899426
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General , Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament ,

Description:... Interpreting Isaiah requires attention to empire. The matrix of the book of Isaiah was the imperial contexts of Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. The community of faith in these eras needed a prophetic vision for life. Not only is the book of Isaiah crafted in light of empire, but current readers cannot help but approach Isaiah in light of imperial realities today. As a neglected area of research, Isaiah and Imperial Context probes how empire can illumine Isaiah through essays that utilize archaeology, history, literary approaches, post-colonialism, and feminism within the various sections of Isaiah. The contributors are Andrew T. Abernethy, Mark G. Brett, Tim Bulkeley, John Goldingay, Christopher B. Hays, Joy Hooker, Malcolm Mac MacDonald, Judith E. McKinlay, Tim Meadowcroft, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, and David Ussishkin.