1. Isaiah Dating and authorship

2. Isaiah The “Fifth Evangelist”

3. Isaiah The Fifth Evangelist Most quoted OT book in the NT (140+)

4. Isaiah The Fifth Evangelist Most quoted OT book in the NT (140+) Possibly the most beautiful poetry in the OT.

5. Isaiah The Fifth Evangelist Most quoted OT book in the NT (140+) Possibly the most beautiful poetry in the OT (in your instructor’s objective, unbiased, carefully-considered opinion).

6. Title and authorship 1:1 – Uzziah to Hezekiah Uzziah dies 739. Hezekiah takes the throne in 716 and dies in 686. Sennacherib dies in 681 (37:38). Isaiah’s ministry may have lasted nearly 60 years.

7. Title and authorship Isaiah is named as author again in 2:1, 7:3, 13:1, 20:2, 37:2, 6, 21; 38:1, 4, 21: 39:3, 5, 8. Isaiah is not named in 40-66. No other author is named anywhere in the book or elsewhere.

8. Title and authorship Isaiah is named as author again in 2:1, 7:3, 13:1, 20:2, 37:2, 6, 21; 38:1, 4, 21: 39:3, 5, 8. Isaiah is not named in 40-66. No other author is named anywhere. The NT: John 12:37-41

9. Background 1.During Isaiah’s own lifetime (739-701)

10. 2.605-539 (Captivity in Babylon) Background

11. 1.During Isaiah’s own lifetime (739-701) 2.605-539 (Captivity in Babylon) 3.539-400 (Return)

12. Background Chapters 1-39: Isaiah’s own lifetime (739-701) Chapters 40-55: Captivity in Babylon) Chapters 56-66: the Return (539- 400)

13. Background 1.During Isaiah’s own lifetime (739-701) 1.Policy shift from pro-Assyria (Ahaz) to anti-Assyria (Hezekiah)

14. Background 1.During Isaiah’s own lifetime (739-701) 1.Policy shift 2.Destruction of the North (722)

15. Background 1.During Isaiah’s own lifetime (739-701) 1.Policy shift 2.Destruction of the North (722) 3.Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (701)

16. Background 1.During Isaiah’s own lifetime (739-701) 1.Policy shift 2.Destruction of the North (722) 3.Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (701) 4.Chapters 1-39.

17. Background 2. Captivity in Babylon (605-539)

18. Background 2. Captivity in Babylon (605-539) 1.Swift end to Assyria (609)

19. Background 2. Captivity in Babylon (605-539) 1.Swift end to Assyria (609) 2.Destruction of Jerusalem 586

20. Background 2. Captivity in Babylon (605-539) 1.Swift end to Assyria (609) 2.Destruction of Jerusalem 586 3.Rise of Cyrus 550-539

21. Background 2. Captivity in Babylon (605-539) 1.Swift end to Assyria (609) 2.Destruction of Jerusalem 586 3.Rise of Cyrus 539 4.Chapters 40-55

22. Background 3. Return (539-400) 1.Under Jeshua and Zerubbabel

23. Background 3. Return (539-400) 1.Under Jeshua and Zerubbabel 2.Temple finished 516

24. Background 3. Return (539-400) 1.Under Jeshua and Zerubbabel 2.Temple finished 516 3.Under Ezra and Nehemiah

25. Background 3. Return (539-400) 1.Under Jeshua and Zerubbabel 2.Temple finished 516 3.Under Ezra and Nehemiah 4.Strange mix of zeal with complacency

26. Background 3. Return (539-400) 1.Under Jeshua and Zerubbabel 2.Temple finished 516 3.Under Ezra and Nehemiah 4.Strange mix of zeal with complacency 5.Chapters 56-66.

27. Background 3. Return (539-400) 1.Under Jeshua and Zerubbabel 2.Temple finished 516 3.Under Ezra and Nehemiah 4.Strange mix of zeal with complacency 5.Chapters 56-66 (Sort of).

28. Authorship The difficulty:

29. Authorship questioned Reasons : 1)Radical change of style (40-66). 2)“Cyrus” (45:1)--130 years later. 3)A message for whom? 1-39: Isaiah’s time (739-686) 40-55: exiles (586-539) 56-66: returnees (539-400)

30. The question: Can a prophet deliver messages that will have meaning for 3 different historical periods...

31. The question: Can a prophet deliver messages that will have meaning for 3 different historical periods......2 of which are long after he is dead?

32. Authorship Short anwer:

33. Authorship Short anwer: Why not?