THE STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL HEBREW POETRY: 40-55

BY

MARJO C.A. KORPEL

AND

JOHANNES C. DE MOOR

BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON • KOLN 1998 . Contents

Preface xi

1 Introduction 1 1.1 Text Division in Antiquity 1 1.1.1 Text Division in Hebrew Manuscripts 1 1.1.2 Text Division in Greek Manuscripts 3 1.1.3 Text Division in Syriac Manuscripts 6 1.1.4 Text Division in Christian Palestinian Manuscripts 9 1.1.5 The Weight of Combined Testimony 9

1.2 Additional Tools for Text Division 9 1.2.1 Delimitation of Cola 10 1.2.2 Delimitation of Verse-Lines 12 1.2.3 Delimitation of Strophes 13 1.2.4 Delimitation of Canticles 15 1.2.5 Delimitation of Macrostructural Units 16

2 The Structure of 17 2.1 Isaiah 40 - Text and Translation 17 2.2 Isaiah 40 - Delimitation of Cola 23 2.3 Isaiah 40 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 39 2.4 Isaiah 40 - Delimitation of Strophes 51 2.5 Isaiah 40 - Delimitation of Canticles 62 2.6 Isaiah 40 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 66

3 The Structure of 69 3.1 Isaiah 41 - Text and Translation 69 3.2 Isaiah 41 - Delimitation of Cola 75 3.3 Isaiah 41 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 92 vi CONTENTS

3.4 Isaiah 41 - Delimitation of Strophes 103 3.5 Isaiah 41 - Delimitation of Canticles 113 3.6 Isaiah 41 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 116

4 The Structure of 119 4.1 Isaiah 42 - Text and Translation 119 4.2 Isaiah 42 - Delimitation of Cola 124 4.3 Isaiah 42 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 137 4.4 Isaiah 42 - Delimitation of Strophes 146 4.5 Isaiah 42 - Delimitation of Canticles 153 4.6 Isaiah 42 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 156

5 The Structure of 159 5.1 Isaiah 43 - Text and Translation 159 5.2 Isaiah 43 - Delimitation of Cola 164 5.3 Isaiah 43 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 179 5.4 Isaiah 43 - Delimitation of Strophes 190 5.5 Isaiah 43 - Delimitation of Canticles 199 5.6 Isaiah 43 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 203

6 The Structure of 205 6.1 Isaiah 44 - Text and Translation 205 6.2 Isaiah 44 - Delimitation of Cola 212 6.3 Isaiah 44 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 230 6.4 Isaiah 44 - Delimitation of Strophes 243 6.5 Isaiah 44 - Delimitation of Canticles 253 6.6 Isaiah 44 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 257

7 The Structure of ~46 260 7.1 Isaiah 45-46 - Text and Translation 260 7.2 Isaiah 45-46 - Delimitation of Cola 268 7.3 Isaiah 45-46 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 292 7.4 Isaiah 45-46 - Delimitation of Strophes 309 CONTENTS vii

7.5 Isaiah 45-46 - Delimitation of Canticles 322 7.6 Isaiah 45-46 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 329 8 The Structure of 333 8.1 Isaiah 47 - Text and Translation 333 8.2 Isaiah 47 - Delimitation of Cola 337 8.3 Isaiah 47 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 346 8.4 Isaiah 47 - Delimitation of Strophes 353 8.5 Isaiah 47 - Delimitation of Canticles 359 8.6 Isaiah 47 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 360 9 The Structure of 362 9.1 Isaiah 48 - Text and Translation 362 9.2 Isaiah 48 - Delimitation of Cola 367 9.3 Isaiah 48 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 378 9.4 Isaiah 48 - Delimitation of Strophes 388 9.5 Isaiah 48 - Delimitation of Canticles 394 9.6 Isaiah 48 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 397 10 The Structure of 400 10.1 Isaiah 49 - Text and Translation 400 10.2 Isaiah 49 - Delimitation of Cola 406 10.3 Isaiah 49 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 421 10.4 Isaiah 49 - Delimitation of Strophes 432 10.5 Isaiah 49 - Delimitation of Canticles 441 10.6 Isaiah 49 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 444 11 The Structure of :1-51:8 447 11.1 Isaiah 50:1-51:8 - Text and Translation 447 11.2 Isaiah 50:1-51:8 - Delimitation of Cola 452 11.3 Isaiah 50:1-51:8 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 464 11.4 Isaiah 50:1-51:8 - Delimitation of Strophes 475 11.5 Isaiah 50:1-51:8 - Delimitation of Canticles 484 11.6 Isaiah 50:1-51:8 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 488 viii CONTENTS

12 The Structure of :9-52:12 490 12.1 Isaiah 51:9-52:12 - Text and Translation 490 12.2 Isaiah 51:9-52:12 - Delimitation of Cola 497 12.3 Isaiah 51:9-52:12 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 515 12.4 Isaiah 51:9-52:12 - Delimitation of Strophes 528 12.5 Isaiah 51:9-52:12 - Delimitation of Canticles 538 12.6 Isaiah 51:9-52:12 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 542

13 The Structure of :13-53:12 545 13.1 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - Text and Translation 545 13.2 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - Delimitation of Cola 550 13.3 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 559 13.4 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - Delimitation of Strophes 567 13.5 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - Delimitation of Canticles 572 13.6 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - Delimitation of Macrostructure ... 574

14 The Structure of 576 14.1 Isaiah 54 - Text and Translation 576 14.2 Isaiah 54 - Delimitation of Cola 580 14.3 Isaiah 54 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 589 14.4 Isaiah 54 - Delimitation of Strophes 596 14.5 Isaiah 54 - Delimitation of Canticles 602 14.6 Isaiah 54 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 604

15 The Structure of Isaiah 55 606 14.1 Isaiah 55 - Text and Translation 606 15.2 Isaiah 55 - Delimitation of Cola 609 15.3 Isaiah 55 - Delimitation of Verse-lines 618 15.4 Isaiah 55 - Delimitation of Strophes 624 15.5 Isaiah 55 - Delimitation of Canticles 629 15.6 Isaiah 55 - Delimitation of Macrostructure 630 CONTENTS ix

16 General Conclusions 633 16.1 Introductory Remarks 633 16.2 The Colon 634 16.3 The Verse-Line 639 16.4 The Strophe 642 16.5 The Canticle 646 16.6 The Sub-Canto and Canto 655 16.7 The Book 658

Indices 666 Index of Parallel Words 666 Abbreviations 746 Index of Biblical Texts 750