ISAIAH II

Question 1

CHAPTERS?

Answer 1

40-55

Question 2

Characterizations of God

Answer 2

Creator of heaven and earth

Question 3

Divine Epithet

Answer 3

Lord of Heavenly Forces, redeemer

Question 4

Divine Metaphor

Answer 4

mother and warrior; Potter

Question 5

Divine Mood

Answer 5

Tender and Comforting

Question 6

Time Period

Answer 6

6th century dating because these chapters assume the destruction of Jerusalem, rise of Persia/Cyrus, but Babylon not destroyed. End of exile, hope for home.

Question 7

Representative verse

Answer 7

40:1 Comfort, comfort my people says your God. Speak compassionately to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her compulsory service has ended…

Question 8

Persuasion?

Answer 8

The rhetorical situation (politics) Neo-Babylonian decline after the death of Nebuchadnezzar. Rise of Cyrus…Edict of Cyrus 538

Question 9

Poetry?

Answer 9

Strawn used Robert Frost as an example, because he wrote about his poetry book as units. Isaiah can be seen this way…taking all of it together as a unit, but each poem or section can stand alone as well.

Question 10

MAJOR THEME?

Answer 10

Unexpected hope But no real surprise since God is portrayed as both mother and warrior here.