Punishment from peace: God's redemption as explained through Isaiah's wounding-healing metaphor

Fraser, Matthew (2021) Punishment from peace: God's redemption as explained through Isaiah's wounding-healing metaphor. MTh(R) thesis, University of Glasgow, Edinburgh Theological Seminary.

Abstract

This thesis explores the usage and development of the wounding-healing metaphor in the book of Isaiah as an explication of God’s redemption, with particular focus on Isaiah 1:2-21; 6:10-13; 19:16-25; 30:19-26; 52:13-53:12; 57:14-21; 61:1-9. It also explores how the metaphor is consistently used with a cluster of themes (destruction and renewal in the land; ignorance and understanding of God; cultic defilement and purity; a polluted and purified people of God; divine responsiveness; and the nations as oppressors and co-worshipers) which further explain the content of metaphor.

• Item Type: Thesis (MTh(R))
• Qualification Level: Masters
• Keywords: Old Testament, Isaiah, healing, Wounding, metaphor, redemption.
• Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BM Judaism; B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity; B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BS The Bible
• Colleges/Schools: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Theology and Religious Studies
• Supervisor's Name: Macleod, John A.
• Date of Award: 2021
• Depositing User: Matthew Fraser
• Unique ID: glathesis:2021-81924
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2021 16:08
• Last Modified: 15 Jan 2021 16:15
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.81924
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/81924