The Book Called Isaiah : Deutero-Isaiah's Role in Composition and Redaction Paperback / softback
by H. G. M. (Regius Professor of Hebrew, Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Oxford) Williamson
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Recent research on the book of Isaiah has been dominated by discussions of its unity and authorship.
Professor Williamson's important study provides a major and highly original contribution to these key issues, and is based upon a more rigorous methodology than ever used before.
Isaiah is usually regarded as the work of two authors - the so-called Isaiah of Jerusalem (Isaiah 1-39) and Deutero-Isaiah (the author of Isaiah 40-55).
Professor Williamson argues that the author of Isaiah 40-55 was in fact strongly influenced by the work of the earlier writer.
Secondly, he demonstrates that the earlier work was regarded as a book which had been sealed up until the time when judgement was past and the day of salvation had arrived, and that Deutero-Isaiah believed himself to be heralding the arrival of that day.
Thirdly, and most provocatively, Professor Williamson argues that Deutero-Isaiah both included and edited a version of the earlier prophecies along with his own, intending from the start that they should be read togather as a complete whole.
This innovative and scholarly work, which sheds much new light on some of the more neglected passages, has had significant implications for future work on this much-loved prophetic book.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/02/2005
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- ISBN:9780199281077
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/02/2005
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- ISBN:9780199281077