Representing Zion: Judgement and Salvation in the Old Testament

The prophetic books of the Old Testament offer a fascinating collection of oracles, poetic images, and theological ideas. Among the most prominent themes are those of judgment and salvation, especially concerning the fate of Zion. This place, where the people of God dwell, is alternately presented as either the object of divine wrath or the image of a salvific ideal.

Representing Zion provides a thorough and critical study of the images of Zion in the entire prophetic literature of the Old T...