Forms of the Old Testament Literature Series: Isaiah 1–39, with an Introduction to Prophetic Literature (FOTL)

by Marvin A. Sweeney

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 1996

Overview

Sweeney’s work on Isaiah 1-39 has become a standard work, offering a detailed analysis of each chapter, lucid background material, and exhaustive bibliographies.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Adummatu was a fortress and religious center that apparently controlled the major Arab trade routes between Syria and Babylonia through the north Arabian desert.” (Page 282)

“Rather, the prophetic literature was preserved, transmitted, supplemented, and reformulated because later writers and communities believed that it addressed them and their situations respectively (see Clements, ‘Prophet’).” (Page 12)

“The final form of the prophetic book in its entirety must therefore stand as the basis for form-critical exegesis” (Page 11)

“often blurted out in a state of uncontrolled ecstasy, as their basic form of discourse” (Page 11)

“Genres do not always define texts; they function within them as compositional tools” (Page 14)

Praise for the Print Edition

Sweeney’s book marks a major milestone in Isaiah studies. The close examinations of the forms of the prophecies of Isaiah 1-39 and the role that this primary collection has played in the structure and formation of the book of Isaiah as a whole are splendidly shown. . . . This volume must surely become an indispensable starting point for the serious student, and I warmly recommend it.

—Ronald E. Clements, King’s College, London

Product Details

• Title: Forms of the Old Testament Literature Series: Isaiah 1–39, with an Introduction to Prophetic Literature (FOTL)
• Author: Marvin A. Sweeney
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 1996
• Pages: 567

About Marvin A. Sweeney

Marvin A. Sweeney is professor of Hebrew Bible at the Claremont Lincoln University and Claremont School of Theology, and professor of Bible at the Academy for Jewish Religion in California. He is the author of 12 books, including Isaiah 1–39 in The Forms of the Old Testament Literature series, New Visions of Isaiah, and Zephanaiah in the Hermeneia commentary series.