Excerpt from Studies in the Book of Isaiah
This book owes its origin to a course of lectures which I gave some years ago in Bristol, and later (in a revised form) at Norwich. The interest which was expressed in both places led me to believe that some such introduction to the study of Isaiah would be welcomed by a larger circle. However familiar they may be with certain famous chapters, even well-informed people are often at a loss when they try to understand the book as a whole, or to estimate its significance in the history of human thought. They require, in fact, the same kind of equipment which is needed for the study of any other great literary work. They want to know something of the political and social history of the age which produced it; to trace the influence of circumstances upon religious belief; to have a general conception of the moral and religious teaching of each contributory prophet; and to be supplied with such hints about the form and style of Hebrew poetry as are indispensable for a literary appreciation.
All this information is to be found in the standard editions of Isaiah; but not in a form which appeals to the general reader.
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