Isaiah in Context
Studies in Honour of Arie van der Kooij on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday
Published on 30. May 2010
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Leather / fine binding
488 pages
978-90-04-18657-6 (ISBN)
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The present volume contains a collection of essays on the Book of Isaiah offered as a tribute to Arie van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, which coincides with his retirement as Professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. The twenty-four contributions, written by leading scholars in the field of Old Testament studies, focus on the Book of Isaiah within the context of Hebrew and ancient near-eastern writings, particularly those from the Neo-Assyrian period, as well as on the book's reception history , particularly in its Greek and Syriac translations. Together these studies offer a rich and original contribution to the study of the Book of Isaiah in its Hebrew, Aramaic, Assyrian, Greek, Syriac, and Dutch contexts.
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"For anyone interested in the current state of research on Isaiah, the collection offers a broad cross-section of European scholarship, which nicely complements the largely American focus of the publications of the SBL Formation of Isaiah Group."J. Blake Couey, Gustavus Adolphus College, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures Vol. 11 (2011).
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English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
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990 gr
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978-90-04-18657-6 (9789004186576)
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Michael N. van der Meer, Ph.D. (2001) in Theology, Leiden University, former post-doc fellow Old Testament, teaches religious education in Amstelveen. He has published on the Formation and Reformulation of the Book of Joshua (Brill, 2001) and the Septuagint of Isaiah.
Percy van Keulen Ph.D. (1995), Leiden University, is currently attached to the TURGAMA-project as a post-doctoral fellow. He has published on the Deuteronomistic History, the Septuagint, Peshitta, and Targum of Kings, and on Aramaic and Syriac linguistics.
Willem Th. van Peursen, Ph.D. (1999) in Semitic Languages, Leiden University, is associate professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. His publications include The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2004) and Language and Interpretation in the Syriac Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2007).
Bas ter Haar Romeny, Ph.D. (1997), Leiden University, is Professor of Old Testament and Eastern Christian Traditions at Leiden University. He has published extensively on Eastern Christianity, Late Antiquity, Syriac literature, and history of biblical interpretation, including Religious Origins of Nations? The Christian Communities of the Middle East (Brill, 2010).
Percy van Keulen Ph.D. (1995), Leiden University, is currently attached to the TURGAMA-project as a post-doctoral fellow. He has published on the Deuteronomistic History, the Septuagint, Peshitta, and Targum of Kings, and on Aramaic and Syriac linguistics.
Willem Th. van Peursen, Ph.D. (1999) in Semitic Languages, Leiden University, is associate professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. His publications include The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2004) and Language and Interpretation in the Syriac Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2007).
Bas ter Haar Romeny, Ph.D. (1997), Leiden University, is Professor of Old Testament and Eastern Christian Traditions at Leiden University. He has published extensively on Eastern Christianity, Late Antiquity, Syriac literature, and history of biblical interpretation, including Religious Origins of Nations? The Christian Communities of the Middle East (Brill, 2010).
Content
Part One
Isaiah in the Context of
Hebrew and Ancient Near Eastern Writings
'As Straw is Trodden Down in the Water of a Dung-Pit'. Remarks on a Simile in Isaiah 25:10
Bob Becking
Isaiah in the Book of Chronicles
Pancratius C. Beentjes
Woe to the Powers that Vie to Replace YHWH's Rule on Mount Zion! Isaiah chapters 28-39 from the perspective of Isaiah chapters 24-27
Willem A.M. Beuken
The Gods Must Die: A Theme in Isaiah and Beyond
Robert P. Gordon
So-Called po?el-Forms in Isaiah and Elsewhere
Holger Gzella
A Window on the Isaiah Tradition in the Assyrian Period. Isaiah 10:24-27
Matthijs J. de Jong
On the Identity of the Anonymous Ruler in Isaiah 14:4b-21
Percy van Keulen
Yhwh ?eba??t dans Isaie a la lumiere de l'epigraphie hebraique et arameenne
Andre Lemaire
The Titels ????? and ????in Proto-Isaiah and a Comparison with Ezekiel
Johan Lust
'Ruins' in Text and Archaeology. Note on the Wording of 'Destruction' in Later Prophets
Karel Vriezen
Patterns of Mutual Influence in the Textual Transmission of Oracles Concerning Foreign Nations in Isaiah and Jeremiah
Richard D. Weis
Isaiah 30:1
Hugh Williamson
Part Two
Isaiah in the Context of
Septuagint, Peshitta, and Modern Interpretations
The Relationship between the Septuagint Versions of Isaiah and Proverbs
Johann Cook
An Exploration of Wisdom of Solomon as the Missing Link between Isaiah and Matthew
Kristin De Troyer
L'independance du traducteur grec d'Isaie par rapport au Dodekapropheton
Cecile Dogniez
Is There an Antiochene Reading of Isaiah?
Natalio Fernandez Marcos
Zwei Niederlaender des 19. Jahrhunderts ueber die Wahrheit von Jesajas Prophetien
Cornelis Houtman
Visions from Memphis and Leontopolis. The Pheno?menon of the Vision reports in the Greek Isaiah in the Light of Con?temporary accounts from Hellenistic Egypt
Michael N. van der Meer
Isaiah 2 in the Septuagint
Takamitsu Muraoka
The Text of Isaiah 26:9-19 in the Syriac Odes
Wido van Peursen
Of Translation and Revision: From Greek Isaiah to Greek Jeremiah
Albert Pietersma
Jacob of Edessa's Quotations and Revision of Isaiah
Bas ter Haar Romeny
Dans un vase pur ou avec des psaumes? Une variante textuelle peu etudiee en Isa 66:20
Adrian Schenker
Personal Names in the Septuagint of Isaiah
Emanuel Tov
A Bibliography of Arie van der Kooij
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Isaiah in the Context of
Hebrew and Ancient Near Eastern Writings
'As Straw is Trodden Down in the Water of a Dung-Pit'. Remarks on a Simile in Isaiah 25:10
Bob Becking
Isaiah in the Book of Chronicles
Pancratius C. Beentjes
Woe to the Powers that Vie to Replace YHWH's Rule on Mount Zion! Isaiah chapters 28-39 from the perspective of Isaiah chapters 24-27
Willem A.M. Beuken
The Gods Must Die: A Theme in Isaiah and Beyond
Robert P. Gordon
So-Called po?el-Forms in Isaiah and Elsewhere
Holger Gzella
A Window on the Isaiah Tradition in the Assyrian Period. Isaiah 10:24-27
Matthijs J. de Jong
On the Identity of the Anonymous Ruler in Isaiah 14:4b-21
Percy van Keulen
Yhwh ?eba??t dans Isaie a la lumiere de l'epigraphie hebraique et arameenne
Andre Lemaire
The Titels ????? and ????in Proto-Isaiah and a Comparison with Ezekiel
Johan Lust
'Ruins' in Text and Archaeology. Note on the Wording of 'Destruction' in Later Prophets
Karel Vriezen
Patterns of Mutual Influence in the Textual Transmission of Oracles Concerning Foreign Nations in Isaiah and Jeremiah
Richard D. Weis
Isaiah 30:1
Hugh Williamson
Part Two
Isaiah in the Context of
Septuagint, Peshitta, and Modern Interpretations
The Relationship between the Septuagint Versions of Isaiah and Proverbs
Johann Cook
An Exploration of Wisdom of Solomon as the Missing Link between Isaiah and Matthew
Kristin De Troyer
L'independance du traducteur grec d'Isaie par rapport au Dodekapropheton
Cecile Dogniez
Is There an Antiochene Reading of Isaiah?
Natalio Fernandez Marcos
Zwei Niederlaender des 19. Jahrhunderts ueber die Wahrheit von Jesajas Prophetien
Cornelis Houtman
Visions from Memphis and Leontopolis. The Pheno?menon of the Vision reports in the Greek Isaiah in the Light of Con?temporary accounts from Hellenistic Egypt
Michael N. van der Meer
Isaiah 2 in the Septuagint
Takamitsu Muraoka
The Text of Isaiah 26:9-19 in the Syriac Odes
Wido van Peursen
Of Translation and Revision: From Greek Isaiah to Greek Jeremiah
Albert Pietersma
Jacob of Edessa's Quotations and Revision of Isaiah
Bas ter Haar Romeny
Dans un vase pur ou avec des psaumes? Une variante textuelle peu etudiee en Isa 66:20
Adrian Schenker
Personal Names in the Septuagint of Isaiah
Emanuel Tov
A Bibliography of Arie van der Kooij
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors