Concentricity and Continuity: The Literary Structure of Isaiah

by Robert O'Connell

This monograph explores the structure and rhetoric of the book of Isaiah. Its thesis is twofold. First, the book of Isaiah best manifests its structural unity, thematic choherence and rhetorical emphasis when read as an exemplar of prophetic covenant disputation. Second, the principal arrangement of the book comprises seven asymmetrical concentric sections, each made up of complex (triadic and quadratic) framing patterns. They are: an exordium...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567639525
• ISBN13: 9780567639523
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"