A Covenant with Death <subTitle>Death in the Iron Age II and Its Rhetorical Uses in Proto - Isaiah</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Hays, Christopher B.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1973 -</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">2:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.</publisher> <dateIssued>2011</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>445tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Shows how ancient Near Eastern attitudes toward death illumine the prophet Isaiah Death is one of the major themes of First Isaiah, although it has not generally been recognized as such. In this work Christopher Hays offers fresh interpretations of more than a dozen passages in Isaiah 5-38 in light of ancient beliefs about death.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Christopher B. Hays, Matthew J. Suriano</note> <subject> <topic>Middle East -- Antiquities</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Middle East -- Religious life and customs</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Isaiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">224.106</classification> <classification authority="ddc">H425-C56</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802873118</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14213/a-covenant-with-death.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14213/a-covenant-with-death.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071335.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>