Ebook: Defending Zion: Edom's Desolation and Jacob's Restoration (Isaiah 34-35) in Context

This monograph originated as a Yale University doctoral dissertation. It thus has most of the standard advantages and limitations of this genre. Among the advantages are copious footnotes and extensive bibliographical references. Among the disadvantages are the narrow focus upon two chapters of the book of Isaiah, and lengthy, highly detailed examinations of positions that will ultimately be rejected.
There are other strengths of this work that elevate it above standard dissertation fare, however, such as its clarity of expression and the unusually careful, clear, and coherent logic by which the main theses are developed. Every relevant position of earlier scholars is examined thoroughly with sympathy and fairness, even if finally rejected. This work thus provides an excellent survey of previous research that will serve any student or scholar with an illuminating review of the major issues at stake in the study of the redaction of the book of Isaiah.