The return of YHWH the tension between deliverance and repentance in Isaiah 40-55. - Scheuer, Blaženka (Berlin de Gruyter, 2008)
Introduction -- The subject of this investigation -- The historical context -- Redaction -- Procedure -- Definition of concepts -- The history of research -- The call to repentance -- Sin and repentance in Isaiah 40-50 -- Studies that refer to the "sins of the past" -- Studies that refer to the "sins of the present" -- Sin, repentance and transformation -- Accusations against the Israelites -- Isaiah 43:22-28 -- Isaiah 46:8-13 -- Isaiah 46:8-11 -- Isaiah 46:12-13 -- Isaiah 48:1-11 -- Isaiah 50:1-3 -- The calls to repentance -- Isaiah 44:21-22 -- Isaiah 55:6-7 -- Repentance in Isaiah 55 -- Repentance and deliverance in Isaiah 55 -- The function of transformation -- The idol-worshippers -- Idol-fabrication texts -- Isaiah 40:19-20 -- Isaiah 41:6-7 -- Isaiah 44:9-20 -- Isaiah 46:6-7 -- The charges against the nations -- The idol-worshippers : the nations or the Israelites? -- Jeremiah and Ezekiel -- Jeremiah -- The calls to repentance -- Jeremiah 3 -- The transformation texts -- Ezekiel -- The calls to repentance -- The transformation texts -- Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Deutero-Isaiah -- Deliverance and repentance -- The concept of sin -- The explicit formulations -- The implicit statements -- The concept of repentance -- The concept of deliverance - The relationship between deliverance and repentance -- The return of YHWH -- The tension as a theological challenge.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; 224.22 -- Deuterojesaja--(kap. 40-55)