Die Stadtfrau Zion im Zentrum der Welt

Die Gottesstadt als von Menschen gestalteter Sozialraum im Zentrum der Welt in Jes 60-62

Chapters 60-62 of the book of Isaiah are considered to be key texts for explaining the origins of the third section of the book in Isaiah 56-66. Hypotheses on the origin of the texts frequently address an unknown post-exilic author called Third Isaiah, who is said to have formulated his calling and his programme in Isaiah 60-62. After Steck rigorously dismissed the postulate of one prophetic individual, the learned character of these texts which were never conceived as discrete prophetic logia, but rather always seen within a literary context is examined. Following Steck's impulses, the context and genesis of chapters Isaiah 60-62 are examined here. In the absence of a prophet's biography and prophetic proclamations it is the portrayal of Zion that characterises these chapters. The city of God is configured spatially, as holy ground, but also anthropomorphized as a figure and as a community of justice in the centre of the world.

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Andrea Spans studierte Katholische Theologie in Nijmegen/NL und Münster sowie den interdisziplinären Masterstudiengang Antike Kulturen des östlichen Mittelmeerraumes, ebenfalls in Münster. Seit 2010 ist sie Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Alttestamentlichen Seminar der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Bonn.