Isaiah 1–39

with an

Introduction to

Prophetic

Literature

MARVIN A. SWEENEY

The Forms of the Old Testament Literature
VOLUME XVI
Rolf P. Knierim and Gene M. Tucker, editors

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sweeney, Marvin A. (Marvin Alan), 1953–

Isaiah 1–39: with an introduction to prophetic literature /

Marvin A. Sweeney.

p. cm. —(The forms of the Old Testament literature; v. 16)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0–8028–4100–7 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Bible. O.T. Isaiah I–XXXIX—Commentaries. 2. Prophets.

I. Title. II. Series.

BS1515.3.S94 1996

224′.10663—dc20 95-50492

CIP

For

Doll and Gramps

Contents

Abbreviations and Symbols

Editors’ Foreword

Preface

Introduction to Prophetic Literature

ISAIAH 1–39

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Book of Isaiah

Chapter 2: The Individual Units of Isaiah 1:1–39:8

Glossary

Genres

Formulas

Abbreviations and Symbols

I. MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

Akk. Akkadian

cf. compare

col(s). column(s)

Diss. Dissertation

DtrH Deuteronomistic History

ed. editor(s), edited by; edition

e.g. for example

esp. especially

ET English translation

et al. et alii (and others)

f(f). following verse(s), page(s), line(s)

Fest. Festschrift

Hebr. Hebrew

idem the same

i.e. id est (that is)

l(l). line(s)

LXX Septuagint

MS(S) manuscript(s)

MT Masoretic Text

n(n). note(s)

n.s. new series

NT New Testament

OT Old Testament

p(p). page(s)

pl(s). plate(s)

PN personal name

repr. reprint

rev. revised

sic so, thus (indicating an error transcribed from the original)

s.v. sub voce (under the word)

TJ Targum Jonathan

tr. translator(s), translated by

v(v). verse(s)

vol(s). volume(s)

VS(S). version(s)

* When placed after a text citation, the asterisk indicates a hypothetical form presumed to underlie the present form of the text

→ the arrow indicates a cross reference to another section of the commentary

= equals, is equivalent to

II. PUBLICATIONS

AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research

AB Anchor Bible

ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary

ABS Archaeology and Biblical Studies

ACEBT Amsterdamse Cahiers voor Exegese en Bijbelse Theologie

AcOr Acta Orientalia

AION Annali del’istituto universiterio orientale di Napoli, Pubblicazioni

AJSL American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures

AJT American Journal of Theology

Alt, KS A. Alt, Kleine Schriften zur Geschichte des Volkes Israel (3 vols.; Munich: Beck, 1953)

ALUOS Annual of the Leeds University Oriental Society

AnBib Analecta Biblica

ANET J. B. Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (3rd ed.; Princeton: Princeton University, 1969)

AnOr Analecta Orientalia

AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament

ARAB D. D. Luckenbill, ed., Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia (2 vols.; Chicago: University of Chicago ...