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Document Details : Title: Die Armen im Buch Jesaja Subtitle: Ein Beitrag zur Literaturgeschichte des AT Author(s): BERGES, Ulrich Journal: Biblica Volume: 80 Issue: 2 Date: 1999 Pages: 153-177 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.80.2.3200558 Abstract : In the book of Isaiah, as opposed to other prophets, the topic of the poor is especially important. The socially speaking needy but independent small landholder (Amos) becomes a privileged favourite of YHWH in the message of Isaiah. In the eschatological registrations the poor are taken to Zion. During the Babylonian exile, in the 'furnace of distress' (Isa 48,10) arises the servant of YHWH, i.e. the Gola willing to return to their country. In the last part of the book the servants, descendants of the oppressed Ebed and the humiliated woman Zion emerge from the Gola. The constellation of different motifs concerning the poor, Zion and the servants gives the book of Isaiah in its final redaction quite a special appearance. |
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