purpose may not have been to ascribe authorship. Qumran Cave 4, where many of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The Isaiah scroll contains the complete text of Isaiah, with no break between chapters 39 and 40. (Courtesy of Chris Miller) However, in other passages, the New Testament writers make the statement “Isaiah prophesied.” In such instances, the link between author and book are stronger. Sidebar 12.2 highlights key usages of Isaiah’s material by the New Testament writers, particularly
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