THE THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE EXILIC AND POSTEXILIC HEBREW UNIVERSALISM IN THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH
THE THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE EXILIC AND POSTEXILIC HEBREW UNIVERSALISM IN THE BOOK OF PROPHET ISAIAH
Author(s): Mihai Valentin VladimirescuSubject(s): Comparative Studies of Religion
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: universalism; Isaiah; exile; Judaism;
Summary/Abstract: The present study aims to present the main features of the Hebrewuniversalism, as they can be extracted from the Old Testament book of prophetIsaiah. Although in the modern and contemporary scholarship it is agreed thatIsaiah's book displays three different layers of redaction, set in pre-exilic, exilicand postexilic times, the universalist perspective is a common characteristic toall the constitutive parts. The main aspects of this perspective are theidentification of Yahweh with the God of all the earth and the understanding ofIsrael's role as a witness and preacher of God's revelation to the nations
Journal: Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor”
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: XII
- Page Range: 246-257
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English