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Isaiah. Key Information and Helpful Resources. Isaiah lived in Jerusalem during the latter half of Israel’s kingdom period and spoke to the leaders of Jerusalem and Judah on God’s behalf. Isaiah brought with him a warning about God’s judgment, telling Israel’s corrupt leaders that their rebellion against the covenant with God would come ...
The Book of Isaiah (Hebrew: ספר ישעיהו [ˈsɛ.fɛr jə.ʃaʕ.ˈjaː.hu]) is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. [ 1 ] It is identified by a superscription as the words of the 8th-century BC prophet Isaiah ben Amoz, but there is evidence that much of it ...
Isaiah. ISAIAHī zā’ ĕ (יְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּ, Yahweh is salvation). The first of the major prophets in the Eng. Bible, the first of the latter prophets in the Heb. Bible, the largest and prob. the most universally cherished of the OT prophetical books. The prophet Isaiah is mentioned repeatedly in 2 Kings and three times in 2 ...
- The Message of Isaiah
- The Outline of The Book
- The Text of The Book of Isaiah
- Higher Criticism of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah is one of the most important books of the Old Testament. While little is known of the personal life of the prophet, he is considered to be one of the greatest of them all. The book is a collection of oracles, prophecies, and reports; but the common theme is the message of salvation. There was, according to these writings, no hope...
The following outline of the contents of the book will enable us to gain a quick overview and see how the different parts fit together. I. The Book Of Judgment (1:1—35:10) The Message of Rebuke and Promise (1:1—6:13) Israel’s ungrateful rebellion and the LORD’s gracious invitation (1:1-31). Israel’s prospect of glory through Messiah after the chast...
The Masoretic Text of the book is by far the superior text type, even though it retains the difficulties and archaisms of the language. The major concern has been the relationship of the Qumran material to the MT. There are about twelve fragments of Isaiah in the Qumran scrolls, the main one being 1QIsaa (Qumran, cave 1, Isaiah scroll A). This scro...
Higher criticism deals with the date, authorship, and integrity of the book, as opposed to lower criticism which focuses on textual variations in the manuscripts. Is the title in Isaiah 1:1 the title of chapter 1, or chapters 1-12, or chapters 1-66? This, of course, will be the involved discussion on the next several pages. But several consideratio...
While “Isaiah, son of Amoz” would seem to be an obvious answer, the reality is that for more than two hundred years many scholars have assumed multiple authors for the book of Isaiah. Conservative scholarship still maintains the unity of the book, but most critical scholarship would suggest at least 3 Isaiahs.
Isaiah is the only biblical book to mention and describe a company of angels known as the seraphim (6:1-8). This remarkable section not only provides us with a glimpse into heaven, but also illustrates an aspect of the ministry angels perform for believers (compare Isa. 6:6-7 with Heb. 1:14). 6.
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Bible > Isaiah. Isaiah. Isaiah 1. Judah’s Rebellion (2 Chronicles 28:5–15) 1 This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up ...
