Includes select bibliography (pages 497-508).

Reading the Book of Isaiah in its original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading its citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here he offers pastors, teachers, and students an accessible commentary to Isaiah, as well as a reasoned consideration of how Isaiah was heard and read in early Christianity. By reading "forward and backward" Witherington advances the scholarly discussion of intertextuality and opens a new avenue for biblical theology.

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Includes bibliographical references.

The past is but prologue? -- 1. Isaianic fingerprints everywhere -- 2. Early Isaiah : Isaiah 1-12 -- 3. Later Isaiah : Isaiah 13-39 -- 4. Eschatological Isaiah, part one : Isaiah 40-55 -- 5. Eschatological Isaiah, part two : Isaiah 56-66 -- 6. Isaiah old and new : conclusions -- Appendix A. Intertextuality of a different sort -- Appendix B. Forward thinking on reading backwards : dialogue and review -- Appendix C. Isaiah as "Christian" scripture : what should we think about that idea? A detailed synopsis and critique of Brevard Childs, the struggle to understand Isaiah as Christian scripture -- Appendix D.A key to the Isaianic authorship puzzle? -- Appendix E.A review of Richard Hays's Echoes of scripture in the Gospels -- Appendix F. What should we think of intertexuality? The use of Isaiah by the evangelists to structure their Gospels (and Acts) -- Appendix G. Isaiah as architect.

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