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This monograph enquires into the unity of the Book of Isaiah. Was the final text of Isaiah intended to give an answer to the prophet Nathan's questioning of YHWH's faithfulness to his promises to David (II Sam 7)? The background to Nathan's prophecy - anchored above all in the union between the Royal House of David and the House of YHWH - forms the thread leading the reader through the 66 chapters of the Book of Isaiah and presenting it as the inheritance of the promise. The added meaning given by the final redaction in its turn poses the question of the role played by redactors in the prophetic literature.
List of contents
1. Peut-on lire le livre d'Isaïe? Introduction et genèse de la méthode
2. Panorama inaugural: 1,1-2,5
3. Le roi en sa maison: 2,6-6,13
4. La maison de David et la fille de Sion: 7,1-12,6
5. L'assaut des nations vers la maison du Seigneur : Is 13-23
6. Purification et salut pour l'habitant du monde et la cité de David: Is 24-33
7. L' espérance renouvelée: Is 34-46
8. Une maison de prière pour tous les peuples: Is 47-66
9. Conclusion, confirmations et ouvertures
10. Le balisage textuel (14 tableaux synoptiques)
11. La structuration des parties autour du motif (8 synthèses)
About the author
Ph.D. dissertation under the supervision of Professor Jean-Pierre Sonnet, Brussels. Dominique Janthial is now professor of Hebrew and Sacred Scriptures at the Institut d'Etudes Théologiques, Brussels, and invited professor at the Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis, Rome.
Report
"This study offers many refreshing and profound insights in the book of Isaiah as a unified whole. This book should certainly be a welcome addition to current Isaiah scholarship."
Hyun Chul Paul Kim in: Biblica 3/2006
"L'étude de Dominique Janthial est fort convaicante; soutout elle ouvre à la recherche prophétique de nouvelles voies."
Recherches des Sciences Religieuses 4/2005
"A fascinating and thought-provoking study which has much to contribute on appropriate ways of reading Isaiah."
R. J. Coggins in: Book List 05/2005
