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THE BOOK CALLED ISAIAH
DEUTERO-ISAIAH'S ROLE IN COMPOSITION AND REDACTION |
| By: |
H. G. M. Williamson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£120.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198263600 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198263609 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1994 |
| Pages: |
325 |
| Description: |
This book represents a highly original, major new contribution to one of the most important and hotly contested issues concerning the book of Isaiah: who wrote it? The author's provocative and important conclusions point to the key role from beginning to end of the so-called `Deutero-Isaiah', hitherto believed to have been merely the author of chapters 40-55. Professor Williamson's book, based upon a more rigorous methodology than ever used before, sheds much newlight on many passages of Isaiah, and will be certain to have significant influence on all future work on the subject. |
| Synopsis: |
Recent research on the book of Isaiah has been dominated by discussions of its unity and authorship. Professor Williamson's important new study provides a major and highly original contribution to these key issues, and is based upon a more rigorous methodology than used ever 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 influened 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 together as a complete whole.This innovative and scholarly work, which sheds much new light on some of the more neglected passages in Isaiah, is certain to have significant implications for the future interpretation of this much-loved prophetic book. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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