Isaiah can rightly claim a place of prominence among Israel’s prophets, though the reasons for this are varied and frequently unrelated. First there is Isaiah’s signal position in the canon, heading up the collection of Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve). Since on historical grounds others could lay better claim to this position—Amos or Hosea, for example—we must search elsewhere for the reasons behind Isaiah’s
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