Berit Olam: Isaiah 56-66

by Gregory J. Polan and Paul V. Niskanen

The last chapters of the book of Isaiah offer a vision of new hope at the dawn of the postexilic period. The dense and complex imagery of light, espousal, and victory gives expression to the joyful reality of a return to Jerusalem and to the as-yet-unrealized dreams of rebuilding and repopulating what has been laid to waste. Trito-Isaiah's proclamation of God's salvation or victory appears both as a brilliant light and a terrible darkness in these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814650686
• ISBN13: 9780814650684
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"