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17 - The Ethical and Political Vision of Isaiah

from Part IV - Afterlives of the Book of Isaiah

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2024

By
M. Daniel Carroll R.
Edited by
Christopher B. Hays
Christopher B. Hays
Affiliation:
Fuller Theological Seminary, California
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Summary

One of Isaiah’s most forceful messages concerns justice, and the sociopolitical conditions necessary to support it. In “The Ethical and Political Vision of Isaiah,” M. Daniel Carroll R. looks at the fundamental themes and vocabulary of the book’s moral vision and surveys approaches that seek to better understand the socioeconomic injustice and politics it condemns. These sins include the greed and malfeasance of governing elites in ancient Judahite society, systemic socioeconomic abuses of agricultural and trade systems, and decisions leading to catastrophic war. At the same time, this prophetic text looks forward to a messianic age of justice and peace under a Spirit-filled king/servant. In closing, Carroll R. looks at how Isaiah’s ethical messages have been received (and resisted) in the pursuit of justice, peace, and ecology.

Keywords

ethicsjusticeoppressioninjusticesystemic sinjudgmentrestorationhope
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The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah , pp. 281 - 296
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Abernethy, Andrew T., Brett, Mark G., Bulkeley, Tim, and Meadowcroft, Tim eds. Isaiah and Imperial Context: The Book of Isaiah in the Times of Empire. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2013.Google Scholar
Bäckersten, Olof. Isaiah’s Political Message: An Appraisal of His Alleged Social Critique. FAT 29/2. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Barton, John. Understanding Old Testament Ethics: Approaches and Explorations. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2003.Google Scholar
Brueggemann, Walter. Hopeful Imagination: Prophetic Voices in Exile. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1986.Google Scholar
Chaney, Marvin L. “The Political Economy of Peasant Poverty: What the Eighth-Century Prophets Presumed But Did Not State.” Journal of Religion & Society Supplement Series 10 (2014): 34–60.Google Scholar
Cohen, Raymond and Westbrook, Raymond, eds. Isaiah’s Vision of Peace in Biblical and Modern International Relations: Swords Into Plowshares. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Davies, Andrew. Double Standards in Isaiah: Re-evaluating Prophetic Ethics and Divine Justice. BibleInt 46. Leiden: Brill, 2000.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Davies, Eryl W. Prophecy and Ethics: Isaiah and the Ethical Tradition of Israel. JSOTSup 16. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1981.Google Scholar
Eidevall, Göran. Prophecy and Propaganda: Images of Enemies in the Book of Isaiah. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009.Google Scholar
Gray, Mark. Rhetoric and Social Justice in Isaiah. LHBOTS 432. New York: T & T Clark, 2006.Google Scholar
Hrobon, Bohdan. Ethical Dimension of Cult in the Book of Isaiah. BZAW 418. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Leclerc, Thomas. Yahweh is Exalted in Justice: Solidarity and Conflict in Isaiah. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2001.Google Scholar
Lee Cuéllar, Gregory. Voices of Marginality: Exile and Return in Second Isaiah 40–55 and the Mexican Immigrant Experience. American University Studies VII/ 271. New York: Peter Lang, 2008.Google Scholar
O’Brien, Julie M. Challenging Prophetic Metaphors: Theology and Ideology in the Prophets. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2008.Google Scholar
Sicre, José Luis. ‘Con los pobres de la tierra’: La justicia social en los profetas de Israel. Madrid: Cristiandad, 1984.Google Scholar

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