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Egypt from Judgement to Blessing in Isaiah 19
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31 December 2026
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament, Altes Testament, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / History, Kritik und Exegese heiliger Texte, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Geschichte der Religion
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Scope of the Study
1.3. Topic and Research Question
1.4. Trends in the Study of Isaiah
1.5. Oracles Against the Nations in the Hebrew Bible
1.6. The Egypt Motif in the Hebrew Bible
1.7. Studies of Isaiah 19
1.8. Conclusion
Chapter 2
Theory and Method
2.1. Rhetorical Criticism
2.2. Classical Greco-Roman Rhetoric
2.3. Rhetorical Criticism in Hebrew Bible Studies
2.4. Critical Observations
2.5. Arabic Rhetoric
2.6. Tripolar Rhetorical Analysis of Isaiah 19
2.7. Conclusion
Chapter 3
Textual Foundation and Rhetorical Units
3.1. Textual Criticism and Translation of Isaiah 19
3.2. Identifying the Units of Isaiah 19
3.3. Conclusion
Chapter 4
Egypt in the Words of Judgment (1-15)
4.1. Identifying the Subunits of Unit I
4.2. Subunit I - Egypt's Political Collapse (1-4)
4.3. Subunit II - The Nile Drying Up (5-10)
4.4. Subunit III - Egypt's Foolish Leaders (11-15)
4.5. Connecting the Three Strophes (1-15)
4.6. Conclusion
Chapter 5
Egypt in the Words of Blessing (18-25)
5.1. Identifying the Subunits of (18-25)
5.2. Subunit I - Presence of YHWH in Egypt (18)
5.3. Subunit II - YHWH's Liberation (19-22)
5.4. Subunit III - Egypt and Assyria Worship YHWH (23)
5.5. Subunit IV - YHWH's Blessing (24-25)
5.6. Connecting the Four Strophes (18-25)
5.7. Conclusion
Chapter 6
Egypt in the Words of Curse (16-17)
6.1. Identifying the Subunits of Unit III
6.2. A Single Unit - Words of cursing (16-17)
6.2.1. Composition in the Unit
6.2.2. Persuasion in the Unit
6.2.3. Composition and Persuasion Together
6.3. Conclusion
Chapter 7
Egypt in Isaiah 19 as a Whole
7.1. Third (16-17) and First (1-15) Stanzas
7.2. Third (16-17) and Second (18-25) Stanzas
7.3. Connecting the Three Stanzas
7.4. Conclusion
Chapter 8
How Isaiah 19 is Understood and Used in Egypt
8.1. Method
8.2. Traditional Egyptian Understanding of Isaiah 19
8.3. Recent Egyptian Understanding of Isaiah 19
8.4. Role of Isaiah 19 in the Egyptian Arab Spring
8.5. Hermeneutical Challenges
8.6. Conclusion
Chapter 9
Conclusion