Diagnosing Judah’s Distress and Restoration in the Isaiah Apocalypse: Frustrated Childbirth in Isaiah 26 and Mesopotamian Medical Discourse
Commenting on the metaphor in Isa. 26:17–18, i.e., ‘we were with child, we writhed in labour, but we gave birth to wind,’ scholars usually note that it is purely symbolic. The ‘wind’ in it indicates ‘nothingness’ representing Israel’s powerlessness to bring about its own salvation, let alone salvati...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-66 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Jesaja 24-27
/ Birth
/ False pregnancy
/ Miscarriage
/ Ancient Orient
/ Medicine
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RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
Further subjects: | B
Isaiah Apocalypse
B Mesopotamian medicine B Childbirth |
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