The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah

The Cambridge Companion to Isaiah offers the most up-to-date and accessible overview of scholarship on the book of Isaiah.

Christopher B. Hays (Edited by)

9781108471862, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 November 2024

400 pages
23.5 x 15.9 x 2.7 cm, 0.71 kg

'Many introductions to the book of Isaiah have already been written. Yet Christopher Hays searched in vain for a handy overview in which his students could find the most basic and up-to-date information from Isaiah scholarship, about the history, the literary character, the themes and theologies of the book. With this collection he wants to provide that.... All these contributions give the beginning biblical scholar a brief overview of the current Isaiah research. Even the advanced disciple of Isaiah is regularly treated to enriching insights.… This book is without a doubt an asset for every Isaiah student.' Jaap Dekker, Theologia Reformata

Few writings have shaped the world as much as the Book of Isaiah. Its lyricism, imagery, theology, and ethics are all deeply ingrained into us, and into Judeo-Christian culture more generally. It has been a cultural touchstone from the time when it was formed, and it influenced later Biblical authors as well. The Book of Isaiah is also a complex work of literature, dense with poetry, rhetoric, and theology, and richly intertwined with ancient history. For all these reasons, it is a challenge to read well. The Cambridge Companion to Isaiah serves as an up-to-date and reliable guide to this biblical book. Including diverse perspectives from leading scholars all over the world, it approaches Isaiah from a wide range of methodological approaches. It also introduces the worlds in which the book was produced, the way it was formed, and the impacts it has had on contemporary and later audiences in an accessible way.

1. Introduction Christopher B. Hays
Part I. The Book of Isaiah Through History: 2. The Book of Isaiah in the Assyrian period Michael Chan
3. The Book of Isaiah and the Neo-Babylonian period Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
4. The Book of Isaiah in the Persian period Lucas Schulte
5. The Book of Isaiah at Qumran Jesper Høgenhaven
6. Early versions of Isaiah as translations and interpretations Ronald L. Troxel
7. The formation of the Book of Isaiah Marvin Sweeney
Part II. Isaiah in Its Cultural World
8. Ancient Near Eastern prophecy and the study of Isaiah Jonathan Stökl
9. The Book of Isaiah in the history of Israelite religion Christopher B. Hays
10. Isaiah and empire Shawn Zelig Aster
11. Migration in the Book of Isaiah C. L. Crouch
Part III. Isaiah as Literature: 12. Isaiah as poetry J. Blake Couey
13. Isaiah in intertextual perspective Hyun Chul Paul Kim
14. Gendered imagery in Isaiah Hanne Løland Levinson
15. Divine and human plans in the Book of Isaiah J. Todd Hibbard
Part IV. Afterlives of the Book of Isaiah: 16. Theological tensions in the Book of Isaiah Matthew R. Schlimm
17. The ethical and political vision of Isaiah M. Daniel Carroll R.
18. Isaiah in the New Testament David Pao
19. Impressions of Isaiah in classical Rabbinic literature Joshua Ezra Burns
20. The reception history of Isaiah Brennan Breed.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]