Introduction : the book of Isaiah : a text-based method for a literary reading -- From failed rhetoric to the hope of justice : Isaiah 1:16-17 to Isaiah 58--a trajectory -- The depth and dimensions of social justice in Isaiah 58:6-10 : solidarity, self-giving, and the embrace of pain -- The rhetoric of punishment as questioning voice -- The matter of trust : "On what are you basing this trust of yours?" -- Conclusion : the primacy of justice
Summary
Rhetoric ad Social Justice in Isaiah applies a literary methodology to the book of Isaiah in order critically to explore the nature and sources of the social justice encoded in the world created by the text. After a close reading of Isaiah 1: 16 & 17, Gray establishes grounds for a trajectory to Isaiah 58, preparatory to examining if it offers a deepening of the concept of social justice in the Isaianic corpus. Gray raises the issue of divine reliability to assess the impact on the theme of social justice of the rhetoric of universal punishment by the divine/prophetic voice. He evaluates the w
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-290) and indexes
