TY - BOOK AU - Paul,Shalom M. TI - Isaiah 40-66: translation and commentary T2 - The Eerdmans critical commentary SN - 9780802826039 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BS 1515.53 .P38 2012 U1 - 224/.1077 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Eerdmans KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Isaiah XL-LXVI KW - Commentaries N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-656) and indexes; Deutero-Isaiah -- Trito-Isaiah? -- Historical survey -- Excursus A: Prayer of Nabonidus -- Excursus B: Cyrus Cylinder -- Rishonôt and ḥadashôt -- Servant songs -- Attitudes toward foreigners and religious universalism -- Deutero-Isaiah, polemicist -- Descriptions of Jerusalem -- Descriptions of God, his attributes, and his relationship to his people -- Unique style and literary sequence -- Language of the book: Aramaic and late Hebrew -- Inner-biblical traditions reflected in Deutero-Isaiah -- Influence of First Isaiah on Deutero-Isaiah -- Influence of Jeremiah on Deutero-Isaiah -- Additional prophetic influences on Deutero-Isaiah -- Psalmic influences on Deutero-Isaiah -- Parallels between the book of Lamentations and Deutero-Isaiah -- Deutero-Isaiah and the literary heritage of the ancient Near East -- Isaiah scrolls from Qumran and ancient translations -- Deutero-Isaiah in Jewish liturgy -- Translation -- Commentary ER -