%0 Journal Article
%T Trito-Isaiah, penitential prayer and apocalypticism
%A Pieter M. Venter
%J Verbum et Ecclesia
%D 2012
%I AOSIS
%X An analysis of the research on the compositional development of Isaiah 56¨C66 indicates that the redefinition of Judean identity played a major role in the formation of these chapters. Scholars very often refer to the penitential prayer in Isaiah 63:7¨C64:11 to indicate this redefinition of identity. A study of the background of these chapters shows that Hanson¡¯s theory of a developing apocalypticism is usually upheld, whilst his identification of a Zadokite opposition is either rejected or replaced by an acknowledgement that it is not possible to identify these opponents. The suggestion of this article is that the term ¡®qualified inclusivism¡¯ can be used as the mark of those responsible for this section of the book of Isaiah.
%K Trito-Isaiah
%K prayer
%K apocalypticism
%K Second Temple period
%K Chronicles
%K Ezra¨CNehemiah
%U http://www.ve.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/718