Particularism and Universalism in the Book of Isaiah Jang

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1 La bible dans l'histoire 4 Isaiah s Implications for a Pluralistic World from a Korean Perspective von Se-Hoon Jang 1. Auflage Jang schnell und portofrei erhältlich bei beck-shop.de DIE FACHBUCHHANDLUNG Peter Lang Bern 2005 Verlag C.H. Beck im Internet: ISBN

2 Table of Content Preface IX Abbreviations XI Introduction 1 Part I Situating the Thesis Chapter 1 The Korean Churches and Religious Pluralism 9 1. Contemporary Christians facing religious pluralism Religious pluralistic voices in today s world Conservative evangelical responses to pluralism The Korean Churches as a battlefield for debates on pluralism The challenge of Korean religious pluralism The conservative responses to Korean religious pluralism Evaluation 53 Chapter 2 The Korean Churches and Iconoclasm Christian iconoclasts and the destruction of Buddhist images Idol breaking and incendiarism The deep chasm between Christianity and Buddhism Vandalism of the images of Tangun The Hanmunhwa Movement Federation of Korea and its Tangun project Churches response to the Tangun project Vandalistic attacks on the images of Tangun 60

3 VI Part II Situating My Reading of Isaiah in the Larger Methodological Debate Chapter 3 Strategy for Reading Isaiah Wholistic Reading of the Book of Isaiah in Recent Research The traditional approach The redactional critical approach The canonical approach The literary approach My approach to the book of Isaiah as a whole Beyond a historical-critical reading of Isaiah My reading of the book of Isaiah as a thematic unitary whole Hear the Word of God! Reading Isaiah in a pluralistic Korea 107 Part III Chapter 4 The Holy One of Israel God s Holiness and Israel s unholiness Israel s obligations: Justice and Righteousness The Holy One of Israel as Redeemer The unique relationship of the Holy One to Israel The Holy One of Israel as Restorer who renews all the earth Implications 130 Chapter 5 The monotheistic manifesto of Isaiah Recent scholarship on the origin of monotheism in ancient Israel Monotheistic precursors Jacob Moses Gideon Elijah The monotheistic monarchs of Judah 145

4 Table of Content VII 3. Isaiah s monotheistic promulgation Yahweh s incomparability No other god The hollowness of idols Implications 154 Chapter 6 The unique role of Torah in Isaiah What is the Torah? The distinct role of Torah in the book of Isaiah The Torah as the teaching of God The Torah as the divine decrees to effect the eschatological peace The Torah as the criterion of God s judgment on immoral Judah The Torah as the everlasting word for a future time The Torah as Yahweh s justice Implications 168 Chapter 7 Mount Zion as the Cosmic Centre Mount Zion as the world governmental centre Zion as a cosmic refuge for the faithful Zion as the universal paradise Zion as the cosmic sanctuary of eschatological worship Implications 182 Chapter 8 The New Creation The newness of Israel as a New Creation : : : A new heaven and a new earth as a New Creation The new lifestyle in a New Creation Implications 197 Chapter 9 The New Israel Egypt and Assyria as God s people 200

5 VIII 2. A new people of God and a universal worship The priesthood of the non-israelites Implications 205 Conclusion 209 Bibliography 215