01852nam a2200157Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002800077100002000105245010200125260004600227300002700273490004000300505129000340650006401630230823s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97890041158119004115811  aeng  aBS1515.6.E8 b.D38 2000  aDavies, Andrew  0aDouble standards in Isaiah : bre-evaluating prophetic ethics and divine justice /cAndrew Davies  aLeiden ; New York : bE. J. Brill, c2000  axii, 226 p.b;c25 cm.  aBiblical interpretation series,v46  aCh. 1. One Introduction and Methodology. 1.1. Introduction -- Why Prophecy and Ethics? 1.2. Ethics and the Book of Isaiah. 1.3. Approaching the Book of Isaiah as Literature. 1.4. Categorising Biblical Ethics: A Methodology. 1.5. Ethics and Rhetorical Strategy -- Ch. 2. Social Ethics. 2.1. Differentiating between Right and Wrong. 2.2. Oppression. 2.3. Maladministration. 2.4. Excess. 2.5. Evildoing in General -- Ch. 3. Political Ethics. 3.1. Political-Ethical Material Concerning the Nations. 3.2. Political-Ethical Material Concerning Israel -- Ch. 4. Religious Ethics. 4.1. Abuse of the Israelite Religion. 4.2. Idolatry and the Worship of Foreign Deities. 4.3. The Importance of the Sabbath -- Ch. 5. Motivation. 5.1. Culpable Attitudes. 5.2. Recognition of Yahweh -- Ch. 6. The Conduct of Yahweh. 6.1. Divine Justice? 6.2. Yahweh's Relationship to the Nations. 6.3. General Evildoing -- Ch. 7. Explaining the Conduct of Yahweh. 7.1. Isaiah's Response to the Conduct of Yahweh. 7.2. God and the Origin of Evil -- Ch. 8. Metacommentary. 8.1. Refutation of the Difficulty. 8.2. Reduction of the Difficulty. 8.3. Redemption of the Diety -- Ch. 9. Towards a Conclusion. 9.1. Motivation. 9.2. Extratextual Explanations. 9.3. Can this kind of God be 'God'? Index of Biblical References.  aBible. Isaiah Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. Isaiah.