Introduction

the world of Isaiah

Raymond Cohen, Raymond Westbrook

1-14

On pax assyriaca in the eighth-seventh centuries BCE and its implications

17-35

Swords into plowshares in an age of global governance

Andrew Hurrell

37-51

"You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done"

Theodore Lewis

75-100

Is Isaiah an "offensive liberal"?

Benjamin Miller

103-119

Is Isaiah a social constructivist?

Tal Dingott Alkopher

121-135

Swords into plowshares

Hugh Williamson

139-149

World peace and "holy war"

two sides of the same theological concept

Irmtraud Fischer

151-165

Isaiah's vision of human security

Scott M. Thomas

169-179

From holy war to holy peace

Martti Nissinen

181-197

Isaiah's prophecy and the idea of "classical harmony"

Sasson Sofer

201-210

"Praise the lord and pass the ammunition!"

Adrián Hyde-Price

211-228

Conclusion

swords into plowshares then and now

Raymond Cohen, Raymond Westbrook

229-239