images of enemies in the Book of Isaiah Eidevall, Göran. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. inu Winona Lake, Ind Eisenbrauns 2009 monographic eng 1 online resource (vi, 219 pages). Outlining the task : backgrounds and goals -- On enemy images -- Enemy images in texts from the ancient Near East -- Enemy images and biblical exegesis : perspectives on previous research -- On the Book of Isaiah as object of the investigation -- Problems, goals, and methods -- Images of empires -- Isa 5:26-30 : a prologue to the discourse on empires -- Images of Assyria -- Images of Egypt and Cush -- Images of Babylon -- Empire portraits : comparisons and conclusions -- Images of neighbouring nations -- Images of Ephraim/Israel and Aram -- Images of Edom -- Images of other neighbouring nations -- Neighbouring nations : comparisons and conclusions -- Anonymous enemies -- Rebels and stubble : characterization of anonymous enemies -- Key passages -- Links to images of nations and empires -- Named and unnamed enemies in a macrostructural perspective -- The enemies and YHWH -- Enemies of YHWH -- Enemies as instruments in YHWH's service -- YHWH as enemy -- YHWH as the enemy's enemy -- Enemy images, ideology, and identity -- The Zion-centered perspective and the 701 paradigm -- Prophecies as political propaganda -- On enemy images and implied self-images -- Summary. Göran Eidevall. Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-219). Criticism, interpretation, etc Criticism, interpretation, etc Enemy in the Bible God Biblical teaching RELIGION Biblical Studies Prophets Enemy in the Bible God Biblical teaching BS1515.52 .E39 2009eb 224/.106 Eidevall, Göran. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009 (DLC) 2009003274 Old Testament series 9781575066332 1575066335 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=448621 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=448621 E7B 090128 20200709055524.0 ocn759160108 eng