Francis Landy

Gebundenes Buch

Poetry, Catastrophe, and Hope in the Vision of Isaiah

Beschreibung

Isaiah is one of the longest and strangest of the books of the Hebrew Bible, with an immense influence on the histories of Judaism and Christianity. Francis Landy's book concerns the response of poetry to catastrophe, the collapse of a civilization with all its associated structures of power and meaning.

Autor

Francis Landy taught Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible for 31 years (1984-2015) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, in Canada. His area of specialization is the Hebrew Bible, focusing on the literary interpretation of the text. He has published three books and numerous articles, on all areas of the Hebrew Bible, but the book of Isaiah has been his focus for the last twenty years. He has interests in literary and religious studies theory, postmodernism, and Kabbalah. He was president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies in 2009 and 2010, and sits on various editorial boards. He lives in Victoria.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 163mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 934g
• ISBN-13: 9780198856696
• ISBN-10: 0198856695
• Artikelnr.: 67863835