A hint to the related nature of Deutero Isaiah and Job was first given to me in an Old Testament research course taught by Dr. Clyde T. The study has been personally rewarding, for its discipline has contributed to my own stability as well as to my a deeper appreciation for these two books of the Bible. Crismon and the library staff were on hand along the way and I want to thank them.
CHAPTER I
Almost any work on the prophets has something to say about the vocation experience of the prophet. 6 An indication of a kind of cultic relationship can be seen in the term "sons of the prophets". 34;brethren." It is true that a tentative parallel can be seen in the Ugaritic texts in the use of the terms.
It was the specific association of the prophet with the cult that led to a changed concept regarding the transmission of prophetic material. The prophet made pronouncements and participated in the recitation of rituals, which included oracular passages. The spirit of the prophet and his method of expression would attract followers among people with similar interests.
83 However, one thing must be noted about the transition of wisdom literature from the oral to the literary stage. First, it has been noted that both the prophet and the wise man had a part in the organized worship life of Israel; that is, they were both related to the life of the cult. Much of the teaching in the prophetic and wisdom literature will be the same, for the wise man tried to welcome.
Such was the prophet's view, and it was much the emphasis of the wisdom literature.
CHAPTER II
The similar emphasis and teaching in both halves of the book is evidence to suggest a single authorship. Perhaps the content of the above remarks made it clear that the author of this thesis cannot accept Isaiah as a unit. 25 J • Skinner, The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chatters XL-LXVI ("The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, n-Cambridge: University Press, 1930), p.
Examined from a theological standpoint, the internal structure of Deutero Isaiah presents concepts more advanced and fully developed than those presented in the first half of the book. The combination of the divine name with a participle is common in the second half. Driver, An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament {New York: CnarieS Scribner's Sons,-r93IT, pp.
They were composed by Deutero Isaiah before the rest of the book and later inserted by him. While these five diversified views hold, they almost all agree that the style and thought of the. The addition of the poems later suggests the reason for the loftier ideas contained in the poems.
In discussing each of them, he approaches the discussion from the point of view of Deutero Isaiah, attributing to him the authorship of the poems. An examination of the language of the song reveals a vital connection between the Servant Poems and the Deutero Isaiah context. North has very carefully taken each of the Servant Poems and analyzed them according to their linguistic content.
Of the words in the entire passage, there are only four, all written in two verses, that do not appear elsewhere in Deutero Isaiah. It is true that the city walls have not yet been rebuilt,69 but the completion of the temple has. Some, like Kissane, see all these chapters as written from the point of view of exile.
If one considers the accepted division of the first fifty-five chapters in Isaiah and Second. Kennett, The Compilation of the Book of Isaiah in the Light of History and Archaeology.
CHAPTER III
12 In the name of the main, it is also necessary to draw attention to the non-Hebraic environment. This does not mean that the main task of the book is to solve the problem of suffering. The truth is that a complete and entirely satisfactory answer to the question of suffering cannot be found anywhere in the book.
There is a possibility that it is a report of the facts of history, accurately recorded. Barnes19 bases his view of the book's historicity on the book's introductory statement, which reads:. After his statement about the book's non-historicity, Maimonides then goes on to examine the book in light of his thesis.
Here's a third, and it seems to be the most accurate look at the book. The result is that the book of Job is based on a traditional legend that introduced a theme typical of much of the East. Close inspection reveals that there is no real difference in the use of divine names.
The best conclusion on the matter is that the prologue and epilogue form an integral part of the book. In fact, the writer of the Book of Job went about his work in exactly the same way. Driver, The Book of Job in the Revised Version (Oxford: Clarendon-press, I9U6J: p. 89 Carl Cornill, Introduction to the Canonical Books of the Old Testament, trans.
The following are some of the reasons why the book is placed later than the Jeremiah period.
CHAPTER IV
Gray, Smith, Ottley, Torrey, and Swete have long recognized the general validity of the Masoretic text. Although the Septuagint does not compare too well with the Hebrew text of Isaiah, it helps to strengthen the validity of using the Masoretic text of Isaiah as a guide in comparison. This recent evidence establishes without a doubt the reliability of the text on which the study of Deutero Isaiah is based.
The original Septuagint review of the book of Job was one-sixth shorter than the current Hebrew text. In addition, in 1883 in the library of the Museum Borghianum in Rome, a second century AD were found. No doubt because of the theme's similarity to 9:1ff., they were omitted.
Gard, The Exetical Method of the Greek Translator of the Book oroh (Philadelphia: --- Society of Biblical Literatur~ 1952), p. 36 There is nothing in the omitted passages that conflicts with the overall harmony, tone, theme, and development of the chapter. Many of the other omissions and differences between the Septuagint and the Hebrew texts are due to the standard irregularities found in the transmission of any book.
The very nature of the book's content caused the Greek translators to abridge the text. 39 Through an analysis of the Greek and Hebrew texts, Gard has pointed out tangible evidence that the translators of the Septuagint were not theologically prepared for the openness and frankness of the discussion found in the book of Job. Hebrew poetry,47 was first discovered and chiefly pronounced by Bishop Lowth in his study of the book of Isaiah.
There is the synonymous parallelism that in the second line repeats the theme of the first. 69Charles Lee Feinberg, “The Poetic Structure of the Book of Job,” Bibliotheca Sacra, CIII, no. This brief examination has brought to light the similarities in the rhythm and meter of the two books in question.
