{"id":9130,"date":"2024-03-18T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=9130"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T15:45:17","slug":"just-published-unity-in-the-book-of-isaiah-edited-by-rossi-irudayaraj-hens-piazza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/just-published-unity-in-the-book-of-isaiah-edited-by-rossi-irudayaraj-hens-piazza\/","title":{"rendered":"Just published: Unity in the Book of Isaiah, edited by Rossi, Irudayaraj &#038; Hens-Piazza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah.jpg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah.avif 400w,https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah-202x300.avif 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" type=\"image\/avif\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah.webp 400w,https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah-202x300.webp 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah.jpg\" height=\"595\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unity-isaiah-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-9131 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Unity in the Book of Isaiah\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have always been fascinated by the arguments for and against the unity of the book of Isaiah, which many scholars now consider to have been settled in favour of the book&#8217;s disunity. The following new title caught my attention as the authors take as their starting point the unity of the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benedetta Rossi, Dominic S. Irudayaraj &amp; Gina Henes-Piazza, <em>Unity in the Book of Isaiah<\/em>. London: T &amp; T Clark, 2024. pp.289.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of contents:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abbreviations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 1 Introduction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SECTION ONE WORLD BEHIND THE TEXT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 2 The \u201cUnity\u201d of the Book of Isaiah: A Personal Review and Outlook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 3 Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Methodological Reflections on Reading Isaiah as a Unity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 4 E Pluribus Unum: Finding Intertextual Threads that Unite the Book of Isaiah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 5 Tracking the Scribal Trails in the Book of Isaiah: The Sabbath Affair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 6 Concept of History in the Book of Isaiah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 7 The Remnants of a Figural Past: Symmetry, Analogy, and the Search for a Holy Seed in the Book of Isaiah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SECTION TWO WORLD OF THE TEXT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 8 The Unity of the Book of Isaiah: More than a Memory Game or a Fata Morgana?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 9 Jacob as a Unifying Motif in the Book of Isaiah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 10 Can Jeremiah Quote Deutero- or Trito-Isaiah? Its Impact on the \u201cUnity\u201d Movement in Isaiah Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 11 Blindness in Discourse: Cognitive Links in Isaiah through the Metaphors in Isaiah 42\u201343 as Test Cases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SECTION THREE WORLD IN FRONT OF THE TEXT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 12 \u201cDesolate\u201d Depictions in Isaiah: Approaching the Unity Question, Anew!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 13 Zion\u2019s Destiny as Theological Disclosure: Mapping of a Metaphor Across Isaiah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 14 Between Absurdity and Hope: Suffering in the Book of Isaiah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 15 The Isaianic \u201cUnity Movement\u201d from a Perspective of Trauma Studies: With a Special Focus on Isaiah 1\u201312<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 16 Unity and Translation Criticism: The Case of the Peshitta Translation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bibliography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Index of References<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Index of Authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perlego.pxf.io\/MmqbRn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Although I cannot upload any content from this book, it is, like most T&amp;T Clark titles, available as part of the online library <em>Perlego<\/em>. If you use this link to the book, you will get a 10% discount on a new subscription (and this website will receive a small commission towards its development).<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9130_831495-49 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9130_831495-49 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-9130_831495-49\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main Image: Fresco painted by Michelangelo and his assistants for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508 to 1512. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isaiah#\/media\/File:Jesaja_(Michelangelo).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been fascinated by the arguments for and against the unity of the book of Isaiah, which many scholars now consider to have been settled in favour of the book&#8217;s disunity. The following new title caught my attention as the authors take as their starting point the unity of the book. 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