Identities in Transition

Kristin Joachimsen, Dr. theol. (2007) in Biblical Studies, University of Oslo, is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at theUniversity of Tromsø.

• PART I. IN PURSUIT OF ISA. 52:13-53:121. INTRODUCTION1.1. Histories of Isa. 52:13-53:121.2. Identities of Isa. 52:13-53:121.3. Identities in Transition2. PERSONIFYING READING2.1. Bernhard Duhm2.2. Odil Hannes Steck2.3. Evaluation and Further Prospectives2.4. Visions of IsaiahPART II. ISA. 52:13-53:12: IDENTITIES IN TRANSITION3. TEXT3.1. Linguistics3.2. Sign3.3. La langue and La parole3.4. Synchronic and Diachronic3.5. Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic3.6. Parallelism3.7. Structure and Différance3.8. Reading and Writing3.9. Reading Isa. 52:13-53:123.10. Text 4. NARRATIVE4.1. On Narratology4.2. Narrative4.3. Story4.4. Narration4.5. Telling, Showing, Writing 4.6. Structure and Différance 4.7. On Personification4.8. Isa. 52:13-53:12: Narrative 5. INTERTEXTUALITY5.1. On Intertextuality5.2. Dialogicity5.3. Intertextuality5.4. Genre5.5. Discourse5.6. Identifying Intertextuality5.7. Intertextual Identification of Isa. 52:13-53:125.8. “As many were appalled at you...so kings shall shut their mouth”5.9. “Who believes what we hear?5.10. “He grew up like a shoot...”5.11. “A man caught by sicknesses...”5.12. “...and thus YHWH struck him by the iniquity of all of us”5.13. “...like a sheep led to slaughtering…he did not open his mouth...”5.14. “He was given his grave with wicked ones...”5.15. “...he shall see offspring”5.16. “The righteous one, my servant, will cause the many to be righteous...”5.17. “See, my servant shall prosper”6. SUMMING UP6.1. Identifications of Isa.. 52:13-53:126.2. Isaiah 52:13-53 12 on a Linguistic Level6.3. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 on a Narrative Level6.4. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 on an Intertextual Level6.5. Personification Once More6.6. Concluding Remarks