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Deutero-Isaiah: A Commentary on Isaiah 40–55 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Baltzer’s magnificent commentary places chapters 40-55 of Isaiah in the new context after the Exile. The experience of catastrophe, the need to grapple with new problems and the hope for a peaceful future are linked in Deutero-Isaiah’s composition. Along with masterful presentation of the book’s themes, Baltzer also develops a creative hypothesis about the work’s genre, identifying it as a...

conduct that either conforms to the covenant or contravenes it. It is in this context that the present time can in each given case be defined as a time of salvation or disaster. By naming his son “Not-My-People” (לֹא עַמִּי, Hos 1:9*; cf. 2:1–3* [1:10–2:1*]), Hosea had announced the suspension of the relationship between God and his people. Jeremiah assumes that this relationship cannot be intact if the divine commandments are not kept; as he demonstrates, there is no “peace” (שָׁלוֹם) with
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