Open AccessJesaja en die kanonvormingsproses vanaf die agste eeu voor Christus
Author(s) -
Pieter M. Venter
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v45i2.2292
Subject(s) - theology , meaning (existential) , power (physics) , sovereignty , philosophy , canon , literature , art , politics , law , aesthetics , epistemology , political science , physics , quantum mechanics
Isaiah and the formation of the canon since the eighth century before Christ The canonisation of Isaiah’s words was a complicated process in which different phenomena played a role. Due to politico-historical reasons Jerusalem received symbolic meaning in the Isaiah tradition. Isaiah himself started a prophetic tradition in which Jerusalem was linked to a growing Zion tradition and a monotheising theology of the universal power of God. This tradition became canonical and served as paradigm for understanding the fate of Jerusalem as expression of the sovereign power of God to chastise as well as redeem