Eschatology in Isaiah

2020 ◽  
pp. 351-374
Author(s):  
Soo J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Points ◽  
Rhetorical Device ◽  
Book Of Isaiah ◽  
Mount Zion ◽  
Eternal Hope

This chapter presupposes that the eschatological language of the book of Isaiah is a working rhetorical device for expressing something else underneath it rather than a straightforward description of one’s visionary experience of the afterlife or the end series of this world. Accordingly, it addresses the eschatologically addressed rhetorical discourses in Isaiah. Using adjectival consultation to define “eschatologically,” it argues that the language of these eschatological texts is strong enough to be universal (spatial fullness), ultimate (temporal fullness), and radical (fullness in degree). This strategy aims to rationalize the national crises, as well as to encourage readers to practice proper ethics during those critical and liminal periods. The book of Isaiah illustrates several dystopias and utopias in the eschatologically addressed discourses with the two fixed points—Jerusalem and the Remnants—to serve as witnesses through the ages. Overall, these discourses seek to reassure readers of all ages to understand the divine transformation plan and to join the Torah-based community on Mount Zion for the eternal hope in this world.

scholarly journals An exegetical analysis of the vision of peace in the Book of Isaiah (2:1�5)

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alphonso Groenewald
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
The Other ◽  
Book Of Isaiah ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Mount Zion ◽  
To Come ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Relationship

The vision in Isaiah 2:1�5 of nations streaming to Zion in the days to come to receive Yahweh�s Torah is one of the best-known texts in the entire Book of Isaiah. The chapter begins with the description of Yahweh, the universal Judge, who issues effective decrees and exercises authority over the earth from atop Mount Zion. The standards for the nations� relationships amongst themselves are set by Yahweh. The nations will learn peace and practice peace. The question of Israel�s relationship to the nations is addressed in many texts in the Old Testament, but they do not offer a uniform opinion on this matter. The Book of Isaiah goes a step further than other texts: the Torah is also valid for the other nations. In this article the focus will be on Isaiah 2:1�5. The relationship of this text with other parts of the Book of Isaiah will also be addressed.

Sentimental Conviction: Rousseau’s Apologia and the Impartial Spectator

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Schoene
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Moral Sentiments ◽  
Impartial Spectator ◽  
Direct Discourse ◽  
Rhetorical Device ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
Theory Of Moral Sentiments

Where Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) extends the domain of spectatorship beyond the ocular realm and claims that we must become the impartial spectators of our own character and conduct, Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Rousseau juge de Jean-Jacques, Dialogues (1776) also attempts to probe beyond the visual surface to examine through careful study the constitution of another, who is actually himself. This chapter traces a Smithian sentiment in the radical division of the self dramatized in Rousseau’s fictional autobiographical Dialogues, emphasizing Rousseau’s attempt to liberate his own gaze and render an unbiased judgment upon himself. Although Rousseau does not write in direct discourse with Smith, he applies a strikingly similar rhetorical device to the spectator within the dialogic structure of his apologia. Reading Rousseau alongside Smith resituates the Dialogues not as a work of madness, as it has frequently been interpreted, but rather as an unrelenting struggle for justice.

“You Were Not There,” The Creation of Humility and Knowledge in Qur?anic Stories: A Rhetorical and Narratological Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leyla Ozgur Alhassen
Keyword(s):  
Second Person ◽  
Literary Style ◽  
Rhetorical Device ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

In this study, I explore verses in the Qur?an that come towards the end of stories and use a second-person address to say, “you were not there” when this happened. I seek to understand what literary function in the story it serves to address the second person and her/ his lack of knowledge, whomever s/he is. I locate all of these verses (3:44, 11:49, 12:102 and 28:44–46) and analyze them in order to obtain a better understanding and analysis of Qur?anic literary style. I focus on what these stories have in common and how the verses function. In addition, I analyze the verses and their roles in their respective stories. Through this analysis, we see that these verses are generally seen by commentators and modern scholars as asserting the Prophet’s authority and the Qur?an’s authenticity. However, I argue that these verses function as a sophisticated Qur?anic literary and rhetorical device that works to put people in their place: Prophet Mu?ammad, his contemporaries, and all of the Qur?an’s audience, by showing them their lack of knowledge and their temporality.

On $\alpha$-nonexpansive mapping and fixed-points in Banach spaces

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (-) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prondanai Kaskasem ◽  
Chakkrid Klin-eam ◽  
Suthep Suantai
Keyword(s):  
Nonexpansive Mapping ◽  
Fixed Points ◽  
Banach Spaces

Fixed Points of Sequences of Mappings

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (-) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Ganesa Moorthy ◽  
S. Iruthaya Raj
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Points
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