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Israel in the Book of Isaiah

open access: yesJournal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2006
The name ‘Israel’ is employed by all sections of Isaiah in various ways and with various meanings. As such, the book takes part in the fundamental transformation the name has undergone both in the history of Israel and in the literary history of the Old and New Testaments as it evolved from a political to a theological concept, from the Israel of ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Prophets With Enchantment: Framing Christian Climate Activism. [PDF]

open access: yesBr J Sociol
ABSTRACT This paper argues for a re‐enchantment of studies of contemporary climate change activism. It focuses upon Christian climate activists in the UK and how they are reinterpreting their theological beliefs in ways that mobilise religious communities.
Edwards G, Malcolm F.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Induced abortion in the world: 1. Perception of abortion throughout the centuries and by religions. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Gynaecol Obstet
Abstract Induced abortion has religious, moral, and cultural dimensions that place it at the center of major ethical debates. The interest of women caught in the middle of this never‐ending controversy requires that a dialogue replaces current confrontation.
Benagiano G   +4 more
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Texts concerning Marduk and their influence on the Book of Deutero-Isaiah

open access: yesRuch Biblijny i Liturgiczny, 2009
The article is aimed at answering the question if the Babylonian texts, depicting Marduk as the creator of the world, had any influence on the text and theology of the Book of Deutero-Isaiah. In these texts, Marduk speaks about himself as the creator and
Zdzisław Małecki
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The Book of Jeremiah: Realisation of threats of the Torah – and also of promises?

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2019
The relationship between the Torah and the Prophets has been a matter of dispute. This article discusses the links of the Book of Jeremiah especially with the warnings in Leviticus 26 and the curses in Deuteronomy 28, but then goes on to show that it ...
Georg Fischer SJ
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Prophetic Imagination in the Light of Narratology and Disability Studies in Isaiah 40–48 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Analyzes Isaiah 40–48 as a single literary work through levels of speakers (frame and subordinate) with implications for its construction of divine potency and ...
simeon chavel
core   +1 more source

Ideological and Intertextual Relations Between the Targum Isaiah and the Gospel of John

open access: yesCollectanea Theologica, 2023
In this article, the author asks whether there are ideological and intertextual connections between the Targum Isaiah and the Gospel of St. John, and whether the traditions contained in the targums could have influenced the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth
Mirosław Wróbel
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Jesaja 36-39 - Sinkroniese en diakroniese lees van �n teks

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2002
Isaiah 36-39 - Sinchronic and diachronic reading of a text. There has been growing interest in the book of Isaiah, particularly with regard to the unity of the book. The current debate has grown out of the discontent of more and more researchers with the
J. H. le Roux, S. I. Cronj�
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Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of a relationship founded by God – שָׁלוֹם (shalom) in Isaiah and Micah

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2021
In theology and in general, there are perceptions about peace as the absence of war and strife. However, if these perceptions are measured against what the prophets Isaiah and Micah teach explicitly about it, a different reality is sketched. Isaiah 2:1–5
Chris van der Walt
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Decolonising Biblical Trauma Studies: The Metaphorical Name Shear-jashub in Isaiah 7:3ff Read Through a Postcolonial South African Perspective

open access: yesOld Testament Essays, 2018
Anyone reading the Bible will attest that Biblical scriptures preserve a collection of struggles, trauma, and hardship in their ancient communities - the same trauma markers that many South Africans can attest to.
Liza Esterhuizen
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