Ulrich Berges, «'Ich gebe Jerusalem einen Freudenboten'
Synchrone und diachrone Beobachtungen zu Jes 41,27», Vol. 87 (2006) 319-337
The references to Zion and Jerusalem (41,27; 44,26.28; 45,13; 46,13) in the
section Isa 40–48 dedicated to Jacob and Israel and which follows the Prologue in
40,1-11, require an explanation because they present the perspective of the return
from the point of view of the Jewish homeland, which for the first time appears
only in Isa 49,14. Synchronically Isa 41,27 interrupts the parallel double structure
of the dispute with the foreign gods in 41,21-24.25-29. Diachronically Isa 41,27
is not attributable to the redactor of the first collection, composed between 539
and 520 BC, but to a more recent hand, which — starting from the first Servant
Song with its expansion and reinterpretation with Darius I in mind — introduces
the perspective of the return into the dispute with foreign gods. JHWH proves his
unique and overpowering sovereignty over history not only with regard to Cyrus
but also to Darius I.
“Ich gebe Jerusalem einen Freudenboten†337
annimmt, unmittelbar vor der Präsentation des Gottesknechtes in 42,1-
9 und in die Auseinandersetzung mit den Fremdgöttern eingetragen
wissen (55).
Westfälische Wilhems-Universität Münster Ulrich BERGES
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48143 Münster/ Westf.
SUMMARY
The references to Zion and Jerusalem (41,27; 44,26.28; 45,13; 46,13) in the
section Isa 40–48 dedicated to Jacob and Israel and which follows the Prologue in
40,1-11, require an explanation because they present the perspective of the return
from the point of view of the Jewish homeland, which for the first time appears
only in Isa 49,14. Synchronically Isa 41,27 interrupts the parallel double structure
of the dispute with the foreign gods in 41,21-24.25-29. Diachronically Isa 41,27
is not attributable to the redactor of the first collection, composed between 539
and 520 BC, but to a more recent hand, which — starting from the first Servant
Song with its expansion and reinterpretation with Darius I in mind — introduces
the perspective of the return into the dispute with foreign gods. JHWH proves his
unique and overpowering sovereignty over history not only with regard to Cyrus
but also to Darius I.
(55) In einer folgenden Analyse wäre zu untersuchen, wie sich die übrigen
Zion-Jerusalem-Belege im Jakob-Israel-Teil (44,26.28; 45,13; 46,13) zu diesem
Befund verhalten. Gibt es eine systematische Zion-Jerusalem-Ãœberarbeitung in
40-48 oder handelt es sich um getrennte, jeweils unterschiedlich motivierte
Einschreibungen ohne kompositorische Zielsetzungen?
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