Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
135,4 (2023) 547-561
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Leadership Biblical teaching
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Eschatology Biblical teaching
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Peace Biblical teaching
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Animals in the Bible
Abstract:
Animal peace as a motif appears in two places in the book of Isaiah, thereby connecting two texts that are each committed to a different concept of rulership. On the one hand, it appears in the context of the promise of a future Jewish king (Isa 11:6–9); on the other, it is embedded in the context of Yahweh’s universal role, which is associated with a new cosmic order (Isa 65:25). This article examines the literary-historical and theological-historical relationship between the texts as well as their conceptions of rulership from a redaction-historical perspective. This leads to the hypothesis that Isa 11 was redactionally aligned with Isa 65 by adding vv. 7–9, a process that is understood to be a clear indication of royal leadership becoming increasingly eschatologized.
DOI:
10.1515/zaw-2023-4002
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