De Troyer Kristin Schmitz Barbara Barbara De Troyer - The Early Reception of the Book of Isaiah

The Early Reception of the Book of Isaiah

Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

Edited by

Friedrich V. Reiterer, Beate Ego,
Tobias Nicklas and Kristin De Troyer

Volume 37

ISBN 978-3-11-059791-2

e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-060052-0

e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-059904-6

ISSN 1865-1666

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: De Troyer, Kristin, editor.

Title: The Early Reception of the Book of Isaiah / edited by Kristin De Troyer, Barbara Schmitz.

Description: 1 [edition]. | Boston : De Gruyter, 2018. | Series:

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies, ; Volume 37 | Includes
bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018022382 (print) | LCCN 2018029057 (ebook) | ISBN
9783110600520 (electronic Portable Document Format (pdf) | ISBN
9783110597912 (print : alk. paper) | ISBN 9783110600520 (e-book pdf) | ISBN
9783110599046 (e-book epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Isaiah--Criticism, Textual. | Bible. Maccabees,
1st--Criticism, Textual. | Intertextuality in the Bible.

Classification: LCC BS1515.52 (ebook) | LCC BS1515.52 .R43 2018 (print) | DDC
224/.106--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018022382

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Barbara Schmitz & Kristin De Troyer

The first session of the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Program Unit of the Society of Biblical Literature , held in 2016 in San Antonio, Texas, was devoted to the reception of the Book of Isaiah in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature. The contributors were asked to either trace the reception history of the Book of Isaiah thematically or textually with most participants choosing for a thematic investigation. As the papers were inspiring and the discussions sparkling and intense, it was decided to publish the papers as presented at the SBL and to look for a couple additional contributions dealing with topics that were deemed necessary. The result is the present volume.

Marvin A. Sweeney (Claremont School of Theology and Academy for Jewish Religion, California) opens this volume with a contribution entitled: An Intertextual Dialogue Between the Book of Isaiah and the Book of 1 Maccabees on Judean Leadership. As Sweeney discusses the reception of the Book of Isaiah in the Book of 1 Maccabees, he also gives the reader a synchronic reading of the Book of Isaiah which functions as a reminder of the structure and the contents of the Book of Isaiah. As the Book of Isaiah is one of the most quoted texts in the Hebrew Bible as well as in other Jewish and Christian literature, it is to be expected that there is a relationship between the Book of Isaiah and the Book of 1 Maccabees. Sweeney first examines how Isaiah treats the concept of kingship for Israel and Judah and then proceeds with an examination of how the author of 1 Maccabees treats the rise of the Hasmoneans. Sweeney demonstrates not only that the Book of Isaiah had an impact on precisely the issue of leadership, but also that one also has to turn to the Book of Numbers and the Masoretic version of the Book of Jeremiah to see the full impact of and implications on the issue of Judean leadership.