The Isaiah Disguise: Two Authors, One Mask
Article 1 of 6 The Book of Isaiah is presented as the work of one prophet. It is not. It is the work of at least two writers separated by roughly two centuries, and the way the book is assembled, transmitted, and taught converts a sixth-century author's account of his own times into an eighth-century prophet's miraculous foresight. That conversion is false. It is built into the presentation, and you do not need to enter anyone's mind to expose it — you only need to read the text against itself.
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Article 1 of 6 The Book of Isaiah is presented as the work of one prophet. It is not. It is the work of at least two writers separated by roughly two centuries, and the way the book is assembled, transmitted, and taught converts a sixth-century author's account of his own times into an eighth-century prophet's miraculous foresight. That conversion is false. It is built into the presentation, and you do not need to enter anyone's mind to expose it — you only need to read the text against itself. The claim on trial The claim is unambiguous and the tradition makes it loudly. The book's own heading frames the whole as "the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz," an eighth-century prophet of Jerusalem (Isaiah 1:1).
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