Prophecy and Ethics: Isaiah and the Ethical Traditions of Israel
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Prophecy and Ethics: Isaiah and the Ethical Traditions of Israel
By (Author) Eryl W. Davies
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
1st November 2009
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Bibles
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
224
Physical Properties
Paperback
185
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
The study attempts to examine the role of tradition in the teaching of Isaiah with a view to discerning the basis of the ethics presupposed by the prophet. The view that Isaiah's ethical pronouncements were dependent upon the legal, covenantal and wisdom traditions of Israel is discussed, and the possibility of a direct dependence on the oracles of his contemporary, Amos, is examined. Davies shows that the whole question of the influence of tradition on the thought of Isaiah is fraught with problems.
Author Bio
Eryl W. Davies is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible at Bangor University, UK. His previous publications include Prophecy and Ethics: Isaiah and the Ethical Traditions of Israel (1981); a commentary on Numbers in the New Century Bible Commentary Series, and The Dissenting Reader: Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible (2003)
