Astrology & Divination, Witchcraft and Magic, Future Studies & Forecasting, Poetry - Literary Criticism, Alternative Spirituality, Colonialism & Imperialism, Diplomacy & International Relations, Middle Eastern History, Jewish Literature
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Overview
Drawing upon recent research on the link between imperialism and creativity, Imperialism and Biblical Prophecy is an anthology of newly translated prophetic poetry from ancient Israel. An innovative work of interpretation, this anthology also places biblical prophets like Isaiah ben Amog, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Second Isaiah in a historical context. The author has here compiled over three dozen poems and fragments, newly translated from the Hebrew Bible, and arranged them in a running narrative that begins in the late 8th century B. C. E., when Assyria destroyed the kingdom of Israel, and moves up to the late 6th century B. C. E., when Persia restored Judah's independence. Among the highlights are: Song of a Vineyard, Nahum on the Fall of Nineveh as well as poems on the suffering servant.Synopsis
Imperialism and Biblical Prophecy is a radically new interpretation of prophetic poetry. Using more than thirty new translations from the Hebrew Bible, it shows that this poetry is inseparable from imperialism, that each of the three major waves of biblical prophecy which have survived in the Old Testament occurred in response to simultaneous waves of imperialist conquest.Book Details
Published
January 11, 2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Pages
144
ISBN
9781134867547