"Enlarge the site of your tent" : the city as unifying theme in Isaiah : the Isaiah Workshop = De Jesaja Werkplaats

In the year 2000, the first OTS volume by the Jesaja Werkplaats was published, entitled: Studies in Isaiah 24-27 (OTS 43). In the present volume, the question as to the possible unity of the book Isaiah forms the centre of the Jesaja Werkplaats’ interest. In order to gain a better insight into this question, the Jesaja Werkplaats has decided on a fixed starting point: the concept of the ‘city’ within the book Isaiah. This concept not only has a literary meaning, but also a historical one. Examining the ‘city’, therefore, demands various exegetical approaches, overcoming the classical dichotomy between diachrony and synchrony. This volume offers an intriguing variety of contributions on the ‘city’ throughout the entire book Isaiah. Isaiah's City / C.h.j. De Geus -- Rejoice, O Thirsty Desert! (isaiah 35): On Zion In The Septuagint Of Isaiah / A. Van Der Kooij -- From Legitimate King To Protected City: The Development Of Isaiah 7:1-17 / M.j. De Jong -- Assur And Babel Against Jerusalem: The Reader-oriented Position Of Babel And Assur Within The Framework Of Isaiah 1-39 / A.l.h.m. Van Wieringen -- From Damascus To Mount Zion: A Journey Through The Land Of The Harvester (isaiah 17-18) / W.a.m. Beuken -- Diseased King And The Diseased City (isaiah 36-39) As A Reader-oriented Link Between Isaiah 1-39 And Isaiah 40-66 / A.l.h.m. Van Wieringen -- Zion And The Kingship Of Yhwh In Isaiah 40-55 / U. Berges -- Notion Of The City In Isaiah 44:21-46:13 / P. Lugtigheid -- Comfort Of Zion: Personification In Isaiah 40-66 / A. Van Der Woude -- Jerusalem, Zion And The Unique Servant Of Yhwh In The New Heaven And The New Earth: A Study On Recovering Identity Versus Lamenting Faded Glory (isaiah 1-5 And 65-66) / K.d. Jenner -- Zion As An ʻagunah? An Interpretation Of Isaiah 49-14; 50:1 And 54:6-8 / S. Borocin-knol. Edited By Archibald L.h.m. Van Wieringen, Annemarieke Van Der Woude. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This is the second volume of papers emanating from the Isaiah Workshop (De Jesaja Werkplaats), an exchange platform for the exegesis of the book Isaiah in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium). The first volume of papers was published in 2000.--Cf. Preface, p. [vii]