L'oracle de Nathan et l'unité du livre d'Isaïe

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

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.

Auteur

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.

Résumé
"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)

"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)

Contenu

1. Peut-on lire le livre d'Isaïe? Introduction et genèse de la méthode2. Panorama inaugural: 1,1-2,53. Le roi en sa maison: 2,6-6,134. La maison de David et la fille de Sion: 7,1-12,65. L'assaut des nations vers la maison du Seigneur : Is 13-236. Purification et salut pour l'habitant du monde et la cité de David: Is 24-337. L' espérance renouvelée: Is 34-468. Une maison de prière pour tous les peuples: Is 47-669. Conclusion, confirmations et ouvertures10. Le balisage textuel (14 tableaux synoptiques)11. La structuration des parties autour du motif (8 synthèses)