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Table of Contents
Isaiah: the book, the prophet and his message
Chapter I. The book and the text
§ 1. Name and position in the canon
§ 2. Structure and content of the book
a) The separation of chapters 40-66
b) Isaiah I (Chapters 1-39)
§ 3. The hebrew text and the versions
a) Concerning the masoretic text
b) Concerning the Septugint
c) Other versions: α) concerning the Targum, β) concerning the Peshitta, γ) concerning the Vulgate
d) Closing remarks concerning the purpose and task of textual criticism
§ 4. The Isaiah manuscripts from the Dead Sea
§ 5. Concerning the section “Text” in this commentary
Chapter II. The formation of Isaiah I (Chaps. 1-39)
§ 1. Concerning the History of scholarly study
a) Cornill
b) Duhm
c) Marti
d) Budde
e) S. Mowinckel
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g)
h) J. Vermeylen, Du prohète Isaïe à l'apocalyptique. Isaïe I–XXV, miroir d'un demi-millénaire d'expérience religieuse en Israël
i) Comparison with more recent commentaries
k) the expansion of the original material
l) booklet of Micah
Chapter III. Isaiah: the prophet and his roots in the religious traditions of his people
Chapter IV. Isaiah's theology
Chapter V. The theology of the post-isaianic materials
Chapter VI. Language and forms of speech for Isaiah and his "successors"
% 1. Concerning meter
a) Metrically arranged and prosodic form in the material transmitted from Isaiah and from after Isaiah's time
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§ 2. The types of material Isaiah uses
§ 3. Citations as a stylistic technique
§ 4. Forms of prophetic speech used by Isaiah
§ 5. Genres in the post-isaianic material
d) Conclusion. […] Even though this commentary has been completed, it still remains for the scholarly community to inform the reader about the great variety of forms that are used in both the authentic and secondary portions of the book of Isaiah and — especially then — to characterize, on the basis of such, the rich diversity of ways witness is given to the faith. But beyond that, it will be necessary to demonstrate that all the forms are merely vessels to deliver the words that each had to deliver and that the many different types of utterances still have their own hidden unity in the way they give witness to the seriousnes of judgment and to the faithfulness of the Holy One of Israel.