Die Stadtfrau Zion im Zentrum der Welt: Exegese und Theologie von Jes 60-62 [Bonner Biblische Beiträge, Band 175]

Spans, Andrea. Die Stadtfrau Zion im Zentrum der Welt: Exegese und Theologie von Jes 60-62 [Bonner Biblische Beiträge, Band 175]. Göttingen: V&R unipress; Bonn University Press, 2015. First edition.

Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4″). 386pp. Original printed paper covered boards, with black and white lettering to spine and covers.

“Chapters 60-62 of the book of Isaiah are considered to be key texts for explaining the origins of the third section of the book in Isaiah 56-66.

Hypotheses on the origin of the texts frequently address an unknown post-exilic author called Third Isaiah, who is said to have formulated his calling and his programme in Isaiah 60-62.

After Steck rigorously dismissed the postulate of one prophetic individual, the learned character of these texts – which were never conceived as discrete prophetic logia, but rather always seen within a literary context – is examined.

Following Steck’s impulses, the context and genesis of chapters Isaiah 60-62 are examined here.

In the absence of a prophet’s biography and prophetic proclamations it is the portrayal of Zion that characterizes these chapters.

The city of God is configured spatially, as holy ground, but also anthropomorphized as a figure and as a community of justice in the centre of the world.” (From the Publishers).

Text in German. Binding and interior in like new condition. Like new. Hardcover. (42004) $45