The Concept of Election and Second Isaiah: Recent Literature

Authors

Joel Kaminsky, Smith CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Biblical Theology Bulletin

Abstract

In this article I contend that the conceptual categories utilized by many recent scholars engaged in analyzing the idea of election in the Hebrew Bible have led to a variety of interrelated misunderstandings, both of the idea of election in general and of specific texts invoked in such discussions. This article traces out the distortions in the scholarship on this central theological concept and shows how similarly problematic trends also occur in discussions of Second Isaiah, a text frequently cited in studies of election. I conclude by offering a brief sketch of both a new possible reading of Second Isaiah and the theological implications of such a reading for the contemporary situation.

Volume

31

Issue

4

First Page

135

Last Page

144

DOI

10.1177/014610790103100403

ISSN

01461079

Comments

Archived as published.

Recommended Citation

Kaminsky, Joel, "The Concept of Election and Second Isaiah: Recent Literature" (2001). Religion: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/rel_facpubs/31