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The prophets speak on forced migration / edited by Mark J. Boda, Frank Ritchel Ames, John Ahn, and Mark Leuchter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 21.Publisher: Atlanta : SBL Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781628370522
  • 1628370521
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prophets speak on forced migration.DDC classification:
  • 224/.083408 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1286 .P76 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Prophetic rhetoric and exile / David L. Petersen -- Provenance as a factor in interpretation / Christopher R. Seitz -- "You are my witness and my servant" (Isa 43:10): exile and the identity of the servant / Ulrich Berges -- Second Isaiah and the Aaronide response to Judah's forced migrations / Stephen L. Cook -- Nebuchadnezzar, the end of Davidic rule, and the exile in the book of Jeremiah / Konrad Schmid -- Sacred space and communal legitimacy in exile: the contribution of Seraiah's colophon (Jer 51:59-64a) / Mark Leuchter -- Ezekiel 15 / John Ahn -- The cultic dimensions of prophecy in the book of Ezekiel / Corinna K�orting -- Ezekiel as disaster/survival literature: speaking on behalf of the losers / Louis Stulman -- Forced migrations and the visions of Zechariah 1-8 / Frank Ritchel Ames -- Scat!: exilic motifs in the book of Zechariah / Mark J. Boda.
Summary: "In this collection of essays dealing with the prophetic material in the Hebrew Bible, scholars explore the motifs, effects, and role of forced migration on prophetic literature. Students and scholars interested in current, thorough approaches to the issues and problems associated with the study of geographical displacement, social identity ethics, trauma studies, theological diversification, hermeneutical strategies in relation to the memory, and the effects of various exilic conditions will find a valuable resource with productive avenues for inquiry"-- Provided by publisher.
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Prophetic rhetoric and exile / David L. Petersen -- Provenance as a factor in interpretation / Christopher R. Seitz -- "You are my witness and my servant" (Isa 43:10): exile and the identity of the servant / Ulrich Berges -- Second Isaiah and the Aaronide response to Judah's forced migrations / Stephen L. Cook -- Nebuchadnezzar, the end of Davidic rule, and the exile in the book of Jeremiah / Konrad Schmid -- Sacred space and communal legitimacy in exile: the contribution of Seraiah's colophon (Jer 51:59-64a) / Mark Leuchter -- Ezekiel 15 / John Ahn -- The cultic dimensions of prophecy in the book of Ezekiel / Corinna K�orting -- Ezekiel as disaster/survival literature: speaking on behalf of the losers / Louis Stulman -- Forced migrations and the visions of Zechariah 1-8 / Frank Ritchel Ames -- Scat!: exilic motifs in the book of Zechariah / Mark J. Boda.

"In this collection of essays dealing with the prophetic material in the Hebrew Bible, scholars explore the motifs, effects, and role of forced migration on prophetic literature. Students and scholars interested in current, thorough approaches to the issues and problems associated with the study of geographical displacement, social identity ethics, trauma studies, theological diversification, hermeneutical strategies in relation to the memory, and the effects of various exilic conditions will find a valuable resource with productive avenues for inquiry"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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