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Isaiah 40-66 : translation and commentary /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul, Shalom M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, 2012.
Series:Eerdmans critical commentary.
Subjects:
Bible. > Isaiah XL-LXVI > Commentaries.
Table of Contents:
  • Deutero-Isaiah
  • Trito-Isaiah?
  • Historical survey
  • Excursus A: Prayer of Nabonidus
  • Excursus B: Cyrus Cylinder
  • Rishonôt and ḥadashôt
  • Servant songs
  • Attitudes toward foreigners and religious universalism
  • Deutero-Isaiah, polemicist
  • Descriptions of Jerusalem
  • Descriptions of God, his attributes, and his relationship to his people
  • Unique style and literary sequence
  • Language of the book: Aramaic and late Hebrew
  • Inner-biblical traditions reflected in Deutero-Isaiah
  • Influence of First Isaiah on Deutero-Isaiah
  • Influence of Jeremiah on Deutero-Isaiah
  • Additional prophetic influences on Deutero-Isaiah
  • Psalmic influences on Deutero-Isaiah
  • Parallels between the book of Lamentations and Deutero-Isaiah
  • Deutero-Isaiah and the literary heritage of the ancient Near East
  • Isaiah scrolls from Qumran and ancient translations
  • Deutero-Isaiah in Jewish liturgy
  • Translation
  • Commentary.