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Re-Casting Exodus Traditions

Re-Casting Exodus Traditions. 2 Isaiah. Isaiah Tradition. 1 Isaiah (1-39): time of prophet Isaiah (740-701 BCE) Assyria the superpower 2 Isaiah (40-55): time of exile (post 587 BCE) superpower Babylon threatened by growing Persian power

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Re-Casting Exodus Traditions

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  1. Re-Casting Exodus Traditions 2 Isaiah

  2. Isaiah Tradition • 1 Isaiah (1-39): time of prophet Isaiah (740-701 BCE) Assyria the superpower • 2 Isaiah (40-55): time of exile (post 587 BCE) superpower Babylon threatened by growing Persian power • 3 Isaiah (56-66): post-exilic (post 540BCE) Judah a colony of Persia

  3. Sinai Covenant Consequences for violating covenant have been paid Divine Warrior Shaking creation to bring God’s people home

  4. NEW EXODUS God bringing Judah home and renewing all creation

  5. Persuasive Goal of Rhetoric—Comfort/Courage • 40: 30-31: Even youths will faint and be weary…..but those who wait for the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary…..

  6. 43:3 “I gave Egypt as your ransom; Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you” What does CHOSENNESS mean for those OUTSIDE the community?

  7. On the Brink of Apocalyptic 3 Isaiah

  8. Tensions in Persian Period • Between returning exiles & people who never left • Between hopes for monarchy and reality • Between memories of first Temple and reality of second Temple • Between priestly groups vying for leadership

  9. Primary Priestly Factions ZADOKITES LEVITES VS SUPPORTED BY HAGGAI, ZECH, CHRON SUPPORTED BY 3 ISAIAH winners losers

  10. Brink of Apocalyptic Larger community Minority group within larger community seeing self as persecuted faithful Give up on history as arena of God’s action—look for final judgment

  11. Apoc Ingredient: Return to Mythical language Divine Warrior Coming to fight for the faithful minority

  12. Apoc. Ingredient:Perception of Minority Group Larger community Minority group within larger community sees self as persecuted faithful Gives up on history as arena of God’s action—look for final judgment

  13. Apoc Ingredient: Language of Vindication • Bad guys to get it by sword and slaughter…and it’s their own fault! • Good guys—”my servants”—to eat, drink, sing while bad guys are hungry, thirsty, crying out in pain

  14. Apoc Ingredient: Vision of Totally New Age With one downside……..

  15. “They shall go out and look at the dead bodies…..their worm shall not die, their fire not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

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