Background study of Isaiah
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INTRODUCTION
The book of Isaiah was always a marvelous book to me. It was mainly due to a number of astonishing prophecies about messiah, Jesus Christ, but I was also very excited about how can he be that accurately inspired to comment the thing will happen about some hundred years later, such as citing about Babylonian exile and returning from the exile by Cyres, the Persian King. It was marvelous thing to mention exact name like Cyres some hundred years before, but I have never been suspicious about authorship.
Reading through the some of commentary books, articles, and documents, I was somewhat disappointed, because it is generally believed that the book of Isaiah is not a one book composed by Isaiah of Jerusalem, but later on added by anonymous authors.
In this paper, I will briefly touch the general backgrounds, such as the author, historical background, and overall book of Isaiah, and deal with the arguments in regard to the authorship, which is that Was this book written by one person, Isaiah?
ISAIAH, THE PROPHET
The name Isaiah means, Yahweh is salvation There seems to be not much Information available to construct a biography of the prophet Isaiah. We can refer to the Scripture to obtain a few details as following; He is the son of Amoz (1:1). There is no other information about his father. According to the rabbinical tradition, Isaiahs father Amoz was a brother of King Amaziah. It was probably supposed so, because he could give so much powerful influence to Kings as well as people, but it is not adequately supported...