Esterhuizen, Liza2019-10-112019-10-112018-12Esterhuizen, L. , “Decolonising Biblical Trauma Studies: The Metaphorical Name Shear-jashub in Isaiah 7:3ff Read Through a Postcolonial South African Perspective,” Old Testament Essays 31 no. 3 (2018): 522-533. DOI: https://DOI.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2018/v31n3a7.1010-9919 (print)2312-3621 (online)10.17159/2312-3621/2018/v31n3a7http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71792Anyone reading the Bible will attest that Biblical scriptures preserve a collection of struggles, trauma, and hardship in their ancient communities - the same trauma markers that many South Africans can attest to. On the same continuum, anyone who is reading the book of Isaiah, are confronted with not only a difficult book but also a difficult prophet. Isaiah did not in Isaiah 7:3ff only address his prophetic utterances at the King as an individual, but also at the people of Judah as a collective group and he did so through the metaphorical name-giving of his son “Shear-jashub.” The fear of imperialism and oppression was a reality, as it would later be in apartheid South Africa. The reading of Isaiah 7:3ff from a postcolonial perspective aims to provide a decolonised biblical trauma lens that would create an understanding of a decolonised reader in a postcolonial South Africa.en© Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA). Article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.TraumaIsaiahBiblical traumaChildrenPostcolonial studiesDecolonisingTheology articles SDG-04SDG-04: Quality educationTheology articles SDG-10SDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesTheology articles SDG-16SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsArticle