Essays on Prophecy and Canon: The Rise of a New Model for Interpretation

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The present volume consists of twenty essays on the Prophetic Books, with a major focus on Isaiah as well as the Minor Prophets and Jeremiah. They span a period of roughly thirty-five years and trace a methodological shift away from the excavation of the individual prophet and setting toward an appreciation of a book or a collection in its final form, as an intentionally shaped accomplishment. An introductory chapter places the individual contributions in their original settings-in-composition and in relationship to one another. A description in this chapter of the period in which the author was trained in Germany and at Yale University enables the reader to comprehend the "rise of a new model of interpretation," now referred to as canonical reading or canonical interpretation. The essays come alongside published commentary treatments of Isaiah and Joel, as well as public lectures delivered in the 1980s through the present decade. Cover Title Acknowledgements Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Rise of a New Model for Biblical Interpretation The Book of Isaiah: Beyond the Three-Isaiah Model for Interpretation 1.. Account A and the Annals of Sennacherib: A Reassessment 2.. On the Question of Divisions Internal to the Book of Isaiah 3.. The Divine Council: Temporal Transition and New Prophecy in the Book of Isaiah 4.. How is the Prophet Isaiah Present in the Latter Half of the Book? The Logic of Chapters 40–66 within the Book of Isaiah 5.. “You are my Servant, You are the Israel in whom I will be glorified” The Servant Songs and the Effect of Literary Context in Isaiah 6.. Isaiah and the Search for a New Paradigm: Authorship and Inspiration The Prophets: Beyond the Chronological Model for Interpretation 7.. Prophecy and Tradition-History: The Achievement of Gerhard von Rad 8.. What Lesson Will History Teach?: The Book of the Twelve as History 9.. The Book of the Twelve: New Horizons for Canonical Readings, with Hermeneutical Reflections 10.. The Unique Achievement of the Book of the Twelve: Neither Redactional Unity Nor Anthology 11.. The Prophetic Division of the Scriptures of Israel: An Overview Canonical Interpretation: Rethinking Author, Setting, Audience 12.. The Prophet Moses and the Canonical Shape of Jeremiah 13.. Of Mortal Appearance: The Earthly Jesus and Isaiah as a Type of Christian Scripture 14.. The Place of the Reader in the Book of Jeremiah: Reflections for Bible Study 15.. Fixity and Potential in Isaiah 16.. Prophetic Associations 17.. Scriptural Author and Canonical Prophet: The Theological Implications of Literary Association in the Canon 18.. Provenance as a Factor in Interpretation Prophecy in the History of Interpretation 19.. Prophecy in the Nineteenth Century Reception 20.. The Presentation of History in the Book of Isaiah Bibliography List of First Publications Index of Sources Index of Names Index of Subjects