Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity

by Joseph Blenkinsopp

Book Overview

Of all the texts in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, perhaps no book has a more colorful history of interpretation than Isaiah. A comprehensive history of this interpretation between the prophet Malachi and the first days of Christianity, Joseph Blenkinsopp's Opening the Sealed Book traces three different prophetic traditions in Isaiah -- the man of God, the critic of social structures, and the apocalyptic seer.

Blenkinsopp explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802840213
• ISBN13: 9780802840219
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"