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A Reconsideration of the Temple Controversy in Isaiah 66:1-24Keun-Jo Ahn Ph.D. Professor, Department of Theology Hoseo University This paper investigates the temple controversy in Isaiah 66:1-24. Paul Hanson discusses that the trito-Isaiah‘s proclamation in Isa. 66:1, "Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool, what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?," is based on the conflict between the hierocratic priestly group and marginalized prophetic visionary group in the post-exilic community. According to Hanson, the trito-Isaiah himself among the prophetic visionary group is confronting against the plan of the rebuilding the temple in 520 BCE. However, this sociological critical reading has resulted narrow understanding of the post-exilic community leaving multi-layered texture of the text uncovered. Through rhetorical critical analyses of the text, this paper has found that the main issue has nothing to do with the building of the real bricks temple but to do with the building of the inner sanctuary. This new building project is initiated by Yahweh who will march against the wicked from the sanctuary of Jerusalem as Divine Warrior and look after the righteous in the Mount Zion as Divine Saviour. I have delved deeply into the texture of Isaiah 66 by utilizing such rhetorical critical devices as "Yahweh's throne motif", close reading, and structural analysis. This rhetorical critical interpretation has disclosed the essential issues of the text and further revealed some aspects of the social realities of the post-exilic society, which the socio-critical analyses have failed to found.

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본 논문은 이사야 66장과 관련한 성전논쟁에 대한 폴 핸슨의 사회학적 비평을 재고하고 문학비평적 관점에서 포로후기 공동체의 신학적 문제의 실체를 고찰한다. 필자는 본문이 자리하는 역사적 현장이 제2성전 건립 여부의 문제가 아니라 포로귀환 공동체의 신앙적 위기에 관한 문제임을 ‘야웨의 보좌’ 모티프와 세밀한 읽기, 그리고 수사학적 구조분석을 통해 밝힌다.