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The Function of the Satiric Lament Over Babylon in Second Isaiah (Xlvii)

The Function of the Satiric Lament Over Babylon in Second Isaiah (Xlvii) THE FUNCTION OF THE SATIRIC LAMENT OVER BABYLON IN SECOND ISAIAH (XLVII) by CHRIS A. FRANKE St Paul, Minnesota The commentaries of James Muilenburg' in the Interpreter's Bible series and, more recently, Richard J. Clifford in his Fair Spoken and Persuading: An Interpretation of Second Isaiah (Ramsey, New Jersey, 1984) have stressed the literary unity of Second Isaiah. However, in general, scholars continue to regard these chapters as a more or less loose collection of short sections with little overall unity. An examination of the literary structure of Isa. xlvii and of the relation- ship of this chapter to Isa. xl-lv supports the positions of Muilen- burg and Clifford, and calls into question the prevailing opinion about the composition and structure of Second Isaiah. Form critics especially tend to view the material in xl-lv in much the same way as they view that of the pre-exilic prophets-as originally short oral utterances. Different genres are usually taken to be indications of separate poems or oracles.2 Redaction critics doubt that the chapters are the work of a single author; they attempt to show that there have been large-scale expansions of original oracles.3 There is also a tendency to separate the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

The Function of the Satiric Lament Over Babylon in Second Isaiah (Xlvii)

Franke, Chris A.
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 41 (4): 408 – Jan 1, 1991
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© 1991 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE FUNCTION OF THE SATIRIC LAMENT OVER BABYLON IN SECOND ISAIAH (XLVII) by CHRIS A. FRANKE St Paul, Minnesota The commentaries of James Muilenburg' in the Interpreter's Bible series and, more recently, Richard J. Clifford in his Fair Spoken and Persuading: An Interpretation of Second Isaiah (Ramsey, New Jersey, 1984) have stressed the literary unity of Second Isaiah. However, in general, scholars continue to regard these chapters as a more or less loose collection of short sections with little overall unity. An examination of the literary structure of Isa. xlvii and of the relation- ship of this chapter to Isa. xl-lv supports the positions of Muilen- burg and Clifford, and calls into question the prevailing opinion about the composition and structure of Second Isaiah. Form critics especially tend to view the material in xl-lv in much the same way as they view that of the pre-exilic prophets-as originally short oral utterances. Different genres are usually taken to be indications of separate poems or oracles.2 Redaction critics doubt that the chapters are the work of a single author; they attempt to show that there have been large-scale expansions of original oracles.3 There is also a tendency to separate the

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