Isiah in Context

The present volume contains a collection of essays on the Book of Isaiah offered as a tribute to Arie van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, which coincides with his retirement as Professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. The twenty-four contributions, written by leading scholars in the field of Old Testament studies, focus on the Book of Isaiah within the context of Hebrew and ancient Near-Eastern writings, particularly those from the Neo-Assyrian period, as well as on the book's reception history , particularly in its Greek and Syriac translations. Together these studies offer a rich and original contribution to the study of the Book of Isaiah in its Hebrew, Aramaic, Assyrian, Greek, Syriac, and Dutch contexts.

Michael N. van der Meer, Ph.D. (2001) in Theology, Leiden University, former post-doc fellow Old Testament, teaches religious education in Amstelveen. He has published on the Formation and Reformulation of the Book of Joshua (Brill, 2001) and the Septuagint of Isaiah.Percy van Keulen Ph.D. (1995), Leiden University, is currently attached to the TURGAMA-project as a post-doctoral fellow. He has published on the Deuteronomistic History, the Septuagint, Peshitta, and Targum of Kings, and on Aramaic and Syriac linguistics.Willem Th. van Peursen, Ph.D. (1999) in Semitic Languages, Leiden University, is associate professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. His publications include The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2004) and Language and Interpretation in the Syriac Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2007).Bas ter Haar Romeny, Ph.D. (1997), Leiden University, is Professor of Old Testament and Eastern Christian Traditions at Leiden University. He has published extensively on Eastern Christianity, Late Antiquity, Syriac literature, and history of biblical interpretation, including Religious Origins of Nations? The Christian Communities of the Middle East (Brill, 2010).