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Isaiah's View Of Authorship

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There is much debate as to who the author of Isaiah is. The most common views of authorship1 are:2 (1) one author (Isaiah, son of Amoz);3 (2) two authors;4 or (3) three authors.5 Within each of these possible views comes the difficulty of dating the book. If one holds position one the most likely dating of the book is between 740-690 B.C. For position two the dating ranges from 740-640 B.C. for author one (I Isaiah) and around 500 B.C for author two (II Isaiah). Whereas position three separates chs. 1-39, 40-55, and 56-66 as being written around the dates of 740 B.C., 550 B.C., and no earlier than 500 B.C. accordingly.
In this paper I will assume a one author position. I find the evidence for the one author position linguistically, theologically, and historically justified.
Discovering the background of Isaiah is much simpler. No matter one’s view of authorship, the background is still the same.6 Isaiah lived and was a prophet during the reign of four Judean kings: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.7 There was overlap in some of these kings’ reigns, which we have evidence for in Isaiah, 2 Kings, and 2 Chron. Isaiah’s prophetic ministry lasted roughly 55 years. He prophesied about three …show more content…

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