
An Introduction to Isaiah 1 39
Marvin A. Sweeney(Author)
Cascade Books (Publisher)
Published on 10. October 2025
Book
Hardback
158 pages
978-1-6667-7037-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers an up-to-date guide to the study of Isaiah 1-39 for students and scholars in the field of Hebrew Bible studies. Marvin Sweeney provides discussion of the role of these chapters within the Book of Isaiah as a whole together with discussion of each of the major segments of Isaiah 1-39 and their component parts. Issues treated include discussion of the formal structure of the Book of Isaiah as a whole, the formation of each major segment of chapters 1-39, the compositional history of the book, the historical background, literary character, and theological perspective for each component of Isaiah 1-39, treatment of its distinctive language, and discussion of major elements of the reception history. Overall, the discussion demonstrates how Isaiah 1-39 and the Book of Isaiah as a whole emerged as one of the most important works of the Hebrew Bible.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
392 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-7037-7 (9781666770377)
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10/2025
Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Person
Marvin A. Sweeney is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Claremont School of Theology, Los Angeles. He is the author of some twenty volumes in the fields of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies.