ISAIAH

flourished 8th century BC, , Jerusalem Hebrew Yesha'yahu (God Is Salvation) prophet after whom the biblical Book of Isaiah is named (only some of the first 39 chapters are attributed to him), a significant contributor to Jewish and Christian traditions. His call to prophecy in about 742 BC coincided with the beginnings of the westward expansion of the Assyrian empire, which threatened Israel and which Isaiah proclaimed to be a warning from God to a godless people. Additional reading J. Lindblom, Prophecy in Ancient Israel (1962), a general introduction to Israelite prophecy; Otto Eissfeldt, Einleitung in das Alte Testament, 3rd ed. (1964; The Old Testament: An Introduction, . . . . , pp. 301346, 1965), on the history of interpretation, with bibliography; Ernst Sellin, Einleitung in das Alte Testament, 10th ed. rev. and rewritten by Georg Fohrer (1965; Introduction to the Old Testament, 1968), on the structure of the book, with bibliography; R.B.Y. Scott, The Book of Isaiah, in The Interpreter's Bible, vol. 5, pp. 151164 (1956), for literary analysis; S.H. Blank, Prophetic Faith in Isaiah (1958); E.J. Kissane, The Book of Isaiah, 2 vol. (194143, vol. 1 rev. ed., 1960); Bruce Vawter, The Conscience of Israel (1961); and F.L. Moriarty, Isaiah 139, in The Jerome Biblical Commentary, vol. 1 (1968), all quite different in approach.