First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods by Matthew J. Lynch PAPERBACK

First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods\nby Matthew J. Lynch\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Matthew J. Lynch\nTitle: First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781575068398\nISBN-10: 1575068397\nRRP: \u00A333.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIsaiah 1\u201339 uses the unique term \u05D0\u05DC\u05D9\u05DC\u05D9\u05DD\u2014usually translated as \u201Cidols\u201D\u2014 more than anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Using this linguistic phenomenon as a point of departure, Matthew J. Lynch reexamines the rhetorical strategies of First Isaiah, revealing a stronger monotheizing rhetoric than previously recognized..