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The first of John N. Oswalt’s two-part study of the book of Isaiah for the NICOT series, this commentary on chapters 1–39 combines theological acumen, literary sensitivity, philological expertise, and historical knowledge to present a faithful and accurate reading of one of the Old Testament’s most important books. In the introduction to this work, Oswalt considers Isaiah’s background, unity of...

the commentary below on 1:1 for a further discussion of the import of “vision.”) No other author is mentioned in the book, and indeed, Isaiah is specifically named again in 2:1; 7:3; 13:1; 20:2; 37:2, 6, 21; 38:1, 4, 21; 39:3, 5, 8. That Isaiah is not mentioned as the author of chs. 40–66, along with other factors which will be discussed further in sections II and III below, has caused many scholars to question whether these chapters should be included in “the book of Isaiah.” That the identity of
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