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In this volume, Walter Brueggemann focuses on Second Isaiah (Isaiah 40–55), believed to be written by a second exilic poet, and Third Isaiah (Isaiah 56–66), a third group of texts that rearticulate Isaianic theology in yet another faith situation. Brueggemann discusses both the distinctiveness of the texts and their canonical relatedness.

Although the primary faith line of chapters 40–55 is clear enough, special notice may be made of one particular problem, “the servant of the Lord.” For a century, scholars have suggested that the “servant songs” of 42:1–9; 49:1–7; 50:4–9; and 52:13–53:12 are a quite distinct literary grouping, referring to a special character identified as “the servant of the Lord.” More recently, some scholars have concluded that this literature does not form a distinct part of Isaiah; rather,
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