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Isaiah is one of the longest and strangest of the books of the Hebrew Bible, with an immense influence on the histories of Judaism and Christianity. Francis Landy's book concerns the response of poetry to catastrophe, the collapse of a civilization with all its associated structures of power and meaning.
Sommario
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Inceptions and Inseminations
- 3: The Covenant with Death
- 4: Depression and the Oracles About the Nations
- 5: The Constitutive Enigma
- 6: The Child-King
- 7: Mirror-Texts and Liturgies
- 8: The Spectral Mother
- 9: In-Conclusion
Info autore
Francis Landy taught Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible for 31 years (1984-2015) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, in Canada. His area of specialization is the Hebrew Bible, focusing on the literary interpretation of the text. He has published three books and numerous articles, on all areas of the Hebrew Bible, but the book of Isaiah has been his focus for the last twenty years. He has interests in literary and religious studies theory, postmodernism, and Kabbalah. He was president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies in 2009 and 2010, and sits on various editorial boards. He lives in Victoria.
Riassunto
Isaiah is one of the longest and strangest of the books of the Hebrew Bible, with an immense influence on the histories of Judaism and Christianity. Francis Landy's book concerns the response of poetry to catastrophe, the collapse of a civilization with all its associated structures of power and meaning.
Testo aggiuntivo
Landy's work in biblical studies certainly has important implications for the study of religion. He shows us the complexity of meaning, that we should not shy away from the difficulty it engenders, and the poetic play of the interpretive act. Taken together, we witness in his work the idea of human ingenuity-in our data and in ourselves-which constantly strives to make sense of the worlds we inhabit.
