The Book Of Isaiah - His Books

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[font="Times"][b]Caelum defendet militem, Caelum exercet militem, Caelum docet militem. Amen. Amen.[/font][/b]
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[font="Times"][b]The Book of Isaiah[/b][/font]

[u][b]Introduction[/b][/u]

[b]5 (III) The Book.[/b] The canonical book of Isaiah consists of 66 chapters, but it has long been recognized that chaps 40-55 and 56-66 are collections that date from exilic and postexilic times; Deutero-Isaiah, 21:3; 50. Chapters 1-39 consists of several smaller collections, some of which are products of complex development. The authentic words of Isaiah are found mainly in chaps. 1-11 (largely from the days of Ahaz) and 28-32 (largely from the days of Hezekiah). Authentic words of Isaiah are also found among the "Oracles against the Nations" (chaps. 13-23) and perhaps also in the historical appendix (chaps. 36-39), taken from 2 Kgs 18:13-20:19).

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[font="Times"][b]Bibliography:[/b][/font]

[i]New Jerome Biblical Commentary, 2nd Edition[/i], Published 1990, Reprint: 1995,1996 & 2000. Authors & Editors: [i]Raymond E. Brown, S.S., Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. & Roland E. Murphy, O'CARM[/i]. [b]Nihil Obstat & Impartiur[/b]
[i]NJBC, 2nd Ed[/i]. Pub. 1990, Repr: 1995,1996 & 2000. - Page 230, Isaiah 1-39 (Introduction), [b][15:4-6][/b], [b]5[/b].

Edited September 7, 2004 by MorphRC

[phatcatholic]

so who wrote the rest, if not Isaiah?

[MorphRC]

Doesnt say. There was the author - Isaiah, and the Editor[?] that unified the book into seven unifying themes (B.S. Childs, [i]CIOTS[/i] 310-38).