Assyria and Babylon in the Oracles against the Nations Tradition
The Death of a King (Isa. 14:5-20; Isa. 30:27-33)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3967824 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jo Ann Scurlock (Elmhurst College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | American Oriental Society (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7817/jameroriesoci.140.2.0395 |
| OpenAlex | W3041248975 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
I attempt to make a fresh start on the subject of the interaction between the Isaiah prophets and Mesopotamian culture. The results will probably surprise and even alarm, since they threaten to overturn a great deal of previous scholarship and to gore a number of sacred cows. First is the idea that 1st Isaiah is either the work of the historical prophet or was composed, along with the rest of the Hebrew Bible, in the Persian or Hellenistic period. I have no doubt that some passages are to be connected with the historical prophet, but not merely one or two but indeed the bulk of 1st Isaiah's prophecies, albeit often pre-exilic in origin, are, in my view, too late to be contemporary with Isaiah himself
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |