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Is Isaiah also among the wise?: J. William Whedbee, Isaiah and Wisdom

Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged , , on September 8, 2007| Leave a Comment »

In five well-balanced chapters, the author opens up the important question about the extent to which the prophet Isaiah—and thus the book that bears his name—was influenced by the strain of Israelite reflection that scholars call ‘wisdom’. In setting forth his apology and objectives, Whedbee recognizes the danger of explaining the prophets systematically based upon a narrow selection of texts. For some time, scholars drove a deep wedge between the ‘prophet’s word’ and the ‘sage’s counsel’. (more…)

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