Seal the Instruction Among My Disciples

Matthew B. Quintana (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1997; 2019 BA, Multnomah University; 2022 MDiv, Multnomah Biblical Seminary; Promotionsstudent im Bereich Altes Testament, McMaster Divinity College.Willem A.M. Beuken (Von (Autor)) Geboren 1931; 1967 Promotion (ThD), Universiteit Utrecht; 1967-85 Professor für Altes Testament, Katholieke Theologische Hogeschool Amsterdam; 1985-89 Professor für Altes Testament, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen; 1989-96 Professor für Altes Testament, KU Leuven; seit 1996 Professor emeritus, KU Leuven.

• Editor's Introduction: "Bind Up the Testimony, Seal the Instruction Among My Disciples" (Isaiah 8:16)I. Unity and Themes in Reading the Book of Isaiah1. Bridging the Gorge Between Isaiah's Two Main Parts: Isaiah 36-39 and the Unity of the Book of Isaiah2. The Dramatic Frame of Isaiah 1-12 and the Unity of the Book of Isaiah3. YHWH's Sovereign Rule and His Adoration on Mount Zion: A Comparison of Poetic Visions in Isaiah 24-27, 52, and 664. Major Interchanges in the Book of Isaiah Subordinate to Its Umbrella Theme: YHWH's Sovereign Rule on Mount Zion (Isaiah 12-13, 27-28, 39-40, 55-56)II. Studies in the First Part of the Book of Isaiah5. The Literary Emergence of Zion as a City in the Book of Isaiah's First Opening (Isaiah 1:1-2:5)6. The Manifestation of YHWH and the Commission of Isaiah: Reading Isaiah 6 Against the Background of Isaiah 17. The Eschatological Emergence of the Shoot of Jesse? The Temporal Sequence and Function of Isaiah 11 in Light of Isaiah 10:5-348. A Song of Gratitude and a Song of Malicious Delight: Is Their Consonance Unseemly? The Coherence of Isaiah 13-14 with Isaiah 11-12 and 1-29. Must Philistia Carry on Wailing? The Enduring Message of a Prophetic Oracle Addressed to a Hostile Nation (Isaiah 14:28-32)10. From Damascus to Mount Zion: A Journey Through the Land of the Harvester (Isaiah 17-18)11. Obdurate Shortsightedness in the Valley of Vision: How Atonement of Iniquity Is Forfeited (Isaiah 22:1-14)12. Spacing a Prophetic Vision: A Spatial Analysis of Isaiah 24-2713. The Prophet Leads the Readers into Praise: Reading Isaiah 25:1-10 Against the Background of Isaiah 12 and 24:14-2314. "Your Dead Shall Live" (Isaiah 26:19): Childlike Reason or Mature Faith?15. Shifting Settings in (Post)Exilic Prayer from the Hebrew to the Old Greek Text of Isaiah 2616. Is It Only Schismatics That Drink Heavily? Reading Isaiah 28 Beyond the Synchronic Versus Diachronic Controversy17. Perversion Reverted: Reading Isaiah 29:15-24 Against the Background of Isaiah 28-32 and 10:5-3418. What Does the Vision Hold: Teachers or One Teacher? Punning Repetition in Isaiah 30:2019. A Prophetic Oracle Transmitted in Two Successive Paradigms: The Literary Unity of Isaiah 3020. Women and the Spirit, the Ox and the Donkey: The First Binders of the Booklet of Isaiah 28-3221. Woe to the Powers in Israel Vying to Replace YHWH's Rule! Reading Isaiah 28-31 Against the Background of Isaiah 24-2722. Isaiah 33 as a "Mirror Text" in the Book of Isaiah23. Lament in Isaianic Context: The Prospective and Retrospective Functions of Isaiah 3424. The King, the City, and the Covenant: Portraits of Hezekiah and Zion in Isaiah 36-39III. Studies in the Second Part of the Book of Isaiah25. Mišpāṭ: The First Servant Song and Its Context (Isaiah 42:1-4)26. The Confession of God's Exclusivity by All Humanity: A Reappraisal of Isaiah 45:18-2527. The Servant's Vain Effort: The Function of the Second Servant Song in Its Context (Isaiah 49:1-6)28. Isaiah 50:10-11 as a Cultic Paraenesis of the Third Servant Song (Isaiah 50:4-9)29. Ancestress, Wife, and City: Isaiah 54 and the Multiple Identities of the Addressee30. Revisiting the Reinterpretation of David in Isaiah 55:3-531. Prophecy and Scriptural Reuse in Trito-Isaiah32. The Main Theme of Trito-Isaiah: "The Servants of YHWH"33. The Isaianic Legacy of Trito-Isaiah? Isaiah 56:9-57:13 as an Example34. Servant and Herald of Good Tidings: Isaiah 61 as an Interpretation of Isaiah 40-5535. Questioning a Warrior: Otherness as Literary Strategy in Isaiah 63:1-636. Does God Practice Mindfulness? A Reassessment of Isaiah 63:11-1437. "Abraham Does Not Know Us" (Isaiah 63:16): The Foundation of Israel's Trust During the Exile38. Does Trito-Isaiah Reject the Temple? An Intertextual Inquiry into Isaiah 66:1-639. Trito-Isaiah and the Closure of the Book of Isaiah: The Concluding Function of Isaiah 65-66IV. Retrospective40. Encounters and Influences: Reflections on More Than Four Decades in Isaiah ScholarshipAppendix: Willem A. M. Beuken's Publications on the Book of Isaiah