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A SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS OF ISAIAH 24-27 By Anthony Thomas Minear A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Theology of Wycliffe College and the Department of Theology of the Toronto School of Theology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology Awarded by the University of St. Michael's College Toronto 2008 © Anthony T. 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The author retains copyright L'auteur conserve la propriete du droit d'auteur ownership and moral rights in et des droits moraux qui protege cette these. this thesis. Neither the thesis Ni la these ni des extraits substantiels de nor substantial extracts from it celle-ci ne doivent etre imprimes ou autrement may be printed or otherwise reproduits sans son autorisation. reproduced without the author's permission. In compliance with the Canadian Conformement a la loi canadienne Privacy Act some supporting sur la protection de la vie privee, forms may have been removed quelques formulaires secondaires from this thesis. ont ete enleves de cette these. While these forms may be included Bien que ces formulaires in the document page count, aient inclus dans la pagination, their removal does not represent il n'y aura aucun contenu manquant. any loss of content from the thesis. Canada Copyright @ 2008 by Anthony Minear All rights reserved A SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS OF ISAIAH 24-27 Anthony Thomas Minear Doctor of Philosophy in Theology Department of Theology of the Toronto School of Theology University of St. Michael's College 2008 ABSTRACT Isaiah 24-27 is rarely recognized in critical scholarship as being the product of one hand. Rarer still is the opinion that the individual responsible for these chapters may also have been responsible for parts of the Oracles to the Nations in Isaiah 13-23. The aim of this work is to demonstrate the plausibility of Isaiah 24-27 being the creation of one writer. I will also look at the possibility this individual may have been responsible for other passages within Isaiah 13-23. The primary method I will use to set forth for the unity of Isaiah 24-27 is Sequential Analysis. By applying this form of scrutiny to Isaiah 24-27,1 will demonstrate that traditional divisions within these chapters, which are used to support the independent and fragmentary nature of the text, may not necessarily corroborate this conclusion. Rather, the basis for these divisions may be explained as a variation of style by one author. Also, these variations may have resulted from the given topic or occasion. Sequential analysis will also aid in assessing the meaning of Isaiah 24- 27. Dedicated To My wife, Karen My daughters, Stacy and Tiffany First-Plymouth Congregational Church Tuesday Morning Study Group Lincoln, Nebraska CONTENTS Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Thesis Statement 1 Previous Scholarship 1 Steps in Defending the Thesis 10 Sequential Analysis In Comparison To Other Poetic Modes of Analysis 10 How Sequential Analysis Works 26 The Author of Isaiah 24-27 and Isaiah 13-23 30 Synopsis of Chapters 36 2. PART ONE: ISAIAH 24.1-16 39 Strophe One: Isaiah 24.1-3 39 Sequential Analysis 39 Literary Artistry 40 Translation 42 Intertexuality 43 Interpretation 45 Strophe Two: Isaiah 24.4-6 47 Sequential Analysis 47 Literary Artistry 49 Translation 49 Intertextuality 50 Interpretation 51 Strophe Three: Isaiah 24.7-9 55 Sequential Analysis 55 Literary Artistry 56 Translation 57 Intertextuality 57 Interpretation 59 Strophe Four: Isaiah 24.10-13 61 Sequential Analysis 61 Literary Artistry 62 Translation 63 Intertextuality 64 Interpretation 69 Strophe Five: Isaiah 24.14-16 71 Sequential Analysis 71 Literary Artistry 72 Translation 74 Intertextuality 74 Interpretation 76 3. PART TWO: ISAIAH 24.17-23 82 Strophe One: Isaiah 24.17-20 82 Sequential Analysis 82 Literary Artistry 83 Translation 85 Intertextuality 86 Interpretation 87 Strophe Two: Isaiah 24.21-23 90 Sequential Analysis 90 Literary Artistry 91 Translation 93 Intertextuality 93 Interpretation 94 4. PART THREE: ISAIAH 25.1-12 100 Strophe One: Isaiah 25.1-3 100 Sequential Analysis 100 Literary Artistry 101 Translation 103 Intertextuality 103 Interpretation 105 Strophe Two: Isaiah 25.4-5 109 Sequential Analysis 109 Literary Artistry 110 Translation 112 Intertextuality 113 Interpretation 114 Strophe Three: Isaiah 25.6-8 117 Sequential Analysis 117 Literary Artistry 118 Translation 120 Intertextuality 121 Interpretation 124 Strophe Four: Isaiah 25.9-12 130 Sequential Analysis 130 Literary Artistry 131 Translation 132 Intertextuality 132 Interpretation 135 5. PART FOUR: ISAIAH 26.1-11 141 Strophe One: Isaiah 26.1-3 141 Sequential Analysis 141 Literary Artistry 142 Translation 143 Intertextuality 143 Interpretation 145 Strophe Two: Isaiah 26.4-6 148 Sequential Analysis 148 Literary Artistry 149 Translation 150 Intertextuality 151 Interpretation 152 Strophe Three: Isaiah 26.7-9 157 Sequential Analysis 157 Literary Artistry 158 Translation 159 Intertextuality 160 Interpretation 161 Strophe Four: Isaiah 26.10-11 164 Sequential Analysis 164 Literary Artistry 165 Translation 166 Intertextuality 166 Interpretation 169 6. PART FIVE: ISAIAH 26.12-21 173 Strophe One: Isaiah 26.12-14 173 Sequential Analysis 173 Literary Artistry 174 Translation 175 Intertextuality 175 Interpretation 180 Strophe Two: Isaiah 26.15-18 187 Sequential Analysis 187 Literary Artistry 188 Translation 191 Intertextuality 191 Interpretation 192 Strophe Three: Isaiah 26.19-21 198 Sequential Analysis 198 Literary Artistry 199 Translation 199 Intertextuality 200 Interpretation 202 7. PART SIX: ISAIAH 27.1-13 206 Strophe One: Isaiah 27.1-3 206 Sequential Analysis 206 Literary Artistry 207 Translation 208 Intertextuality 208 Interpretation 218 Strophe Two: Isaiah 27.4-6 222 Sequential Analysis 222 Literary Artistry 223 Translation 224 Intertextuality 225 Interpretation 226 Strophe Three: Isaiah 27.7-9 228 Sequential Analysis 228 Literary Artistry 229 Translation 230 Intertextuality 230 Interpretation 233 Strophe Four: Isaiah 27.10-11 236 Sequential Analysis 236 Literary Artistry 237 Translation 238 Intertextuality 238 Interpretation 241 Strophe Five: Isaiah 27.12-13 243 Sequential Analysis 243 Literary Artistry 244 Translation 245 Intertextuality 245 Interpretation 247 8. THE UNITY OF ISAIAH 24-27 250 Part One: Isaiah 24.1-16 251 Part Two: Isaiah 24.17-23 255 Part Three: Isaiah 25.1-12 258 Part Four: Isaiah 26.1-11 262 Part Five: Isaiah 26.12-21 265 Segment Six: Isaiah 27.1-13 268 Ways in which Isaiah 24-27 as a whole fit together 271 9. ISAIAH 24-27 WITHIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF ISAIAH 13-23 . 279 An Outline of Isaiah 13-23 279 Isaiah 13 279 Isaiah 14.22-27 285 Isaiah 14.28-32 288 Isaiah 15.8-9 289 Isaiah 16.6-14 290 Isaiah 17 293 Isaiah 19 298 Isaiah 21.11-17 301 Isaiah 22.25 303 Isaiah 23.13-18 304 Isaiah 24-27 as a conclusion to the Oracles against the Nations . 306 10. CONCLUSION 307 11. APPENDIX 310 11. BIBLIOGRAPHY 315 ABBREVIATIONS ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library AJS American Journal of Semiotics ASTI Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute in Jerusalem AT ANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments Aug Augustinianum AuOr Aula orientalis BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum Iovaniensium Bib Biblica BibOr Biblica et orientalia BWANT Beitrage zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft CAT Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CC Continental Commentaries CRAI Comptes rendus de L'Academie des inscriptions et belles-lettres CR.BS Currents in Research: Biblical Studies CTJ Calvin Theological Journal EBib Etudes bibliques EstEcl Estudios eclesidsticos ETL Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses ETR Etudes theologiques et religieuses EvQ Evangelical Quarterly ExpTim Expository Times FOTL Forms of the Old Testament Literature EAR Hebrew Annual Review HKAT Handkommentar zum Alten Testament HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual IB Interpreter's Bible IBC Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching ICC International Critical Commentary JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society JJS Journal of Jewish Studies JQR Jewish Quarterly Review JR Journal of Religion JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series JSPSup Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
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