{"product_id":"isaiahs-political-message-an-appraisal-of-his-alleged-social-critique-9783161496370","title":"Isaiah's Political Message: An Appraisal of His Alleged Social Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Olof Backersten\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mohr Siebeck\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Criticism \u0026amp; Interpretation - Old Testament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlof Backersten presents an attempt to call into question the scholarly consensus that Isaiah 1-39 contains a social-critical discourse, i.e. passages where the Jerusalemite elite is condemned for their complacent attitudes, their decadent life-style, and their more or less systematic oppression of the poor. He argues that the texts that have been proffered as proofs belong instead, with surprisingly few although notable exceptions, to a foreign-political discourse where the target for the critique is Judah's decision to rebel against Assyria (not social injustice). The author also makes a novel suggestion concerning why and how a social-critical outlook has been related to a foreign-political discourse in the book of Isaiah as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mohr Siebeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891824214167,"sku":"9783161496370","price":10052.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783161496370.webp?v=1781184896","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/isaiahs-political-message-an-appraisal-of-his-alleged-social-critique-9783161496370","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}