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“Let It Make Peace with Me”: Isaiah 24–27 as Josiah’s Overture to the North

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2019

Christopher B. Hays
Affiliation:
Fuller Theological Seminary, California
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This book presents a new understanding of the composition of Isa 24–27. Originally, these chapters celebrated the crumbling of the Neo-Assyrian empire as an act of divine deliverance and exhorted the former Northern Kingdom to reunite itself with Judah at a moment when that was a plausible choice for the first time in centuries. The withdrawal of Neo-Assyrian forces from the Levant in the 620s would have left the door open for new political ideas, and it would have been quite natural for a Davidic monarch like Josiah to imagine reunifying the kingdoms.

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The Origins of Isaiah 24–27
Josiah's Festival Scroll for the Fall of Assyria
, pp. 1 - 23
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Introduction
  • Christopher B. Hays, Fuller Theological Seminary, California
  • Book: The Origins of Isaiah 24–27
  • Online publication: 11 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108582360.001
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  • Introduction
  • Christopher B. Hays, Fuller Theological Seminary, California
  • Book: The Origins of Isaiah 24–27
  • Online publication: 11 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108582360.001
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  • Introduction
  • Christopher B. Hays, Fuller Theological Seminary, California
  • Book: The Origins of Isaiah 24–27
  • Online publication: 11 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108582360.001
Available formats
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