Diagnosing Judah’s Distress and Restoration in the Isaiah Apocalypse: Frustrated Childbirth in Isaiah 26 and Mesopotamian Medical Discourse

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Biblical Interpretation-A Journal of Contemporary Approaches Pub Date : 2021-09-22 DOI:10.1163/15685152-20211628

Ekaterina E. Kozlova

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Abstract

Commenting on the metaphor in Isa. 26:17–18, i.e., ‘we were with child, we writhed in labour, but we gave birth to wind,’ scholars usually note that it is purely symbolic. The ‘wind’ in it indicates ‘nothingness’ representing Israel’s powerlessness to bring about its own salvation, let alone salvation on a larger scale. This article interrogates Isaiah 26 in light of pseudocyesis or false pregnancy, a condition recognised by the obstetrical knowledge of ancient societies and confirmed by modern medicine. More specifically, it explores the passage alongside Mesopotamian medical texts which feature the presence of ‘wind’ in the body describing illnesses in general and cases of abnormal births in particular.

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在以赛亚启示录中诊断犹大的痛苦和恢复:以赛亚书26章中沮丧的分娩和美索不达米亚的医学话语

在评论以赛亚书26:17-18中的比喻时，即“我们怀了孩子，在阵痛中痛苦，但我们所产的是风”，学者们通常指出这纯粹是象征性的。其中的“风”表示“虚无”，代表以色列无力实现自己的救赎，更不用说更大规模的救赎了。这篇文章询问以赛亚书26光假孕或假怀孕，一个条件承认的产科知识的古代社会和现代医学证实。更具体地说，它探索了美索不达米亚医学文本的通道，这些文本的特点是身体中存在“风”，描述了一般疾病，特别是异常出生的情况。

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