INTRODUCTION The sixteen chapters (40–55) of the Book of Isaiah usually known as Deutero-Isaiah or Second Isaiah make a particularly attractive starting-point for the student of the prophetical literature of the Old Testament because they comprise essentially the collected oracles of a single prophet. Such an extensive sequence of prophetical oracles almost uninterrupted by later additions is unparalleled in the Old Testament. In general, uncertainty about date and authorship is one of the greatest