Isaiah

by John F.A. Sawyer

Book Overview

This prophetic book begins by telling the reader that it is the "vision" of Isaiah. The use of the word "vision," John F. A. Sawyer explains, conveys to the reader that regardless of when the prophet lived, "his 'words' go beyond the immediate historical circumstances of his day. They are addressed not only to the citizens of eighth-century B.C. Jerusalem or to the Babylonians exiles.. It is we who are addressed by this, the first and, from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664218121
• ISBN13: 9780664218126
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"