The book of Isaiah the prophet begins with a third-person verse identifying the name of the book's visionary, and ends not only with a prophetic word of hope for God's chosen people, but also with an oracle of warning to those who do evil. Sixty-six chapters are contained in this book, making it the lengthiest writing among all the prophetic works in the Old Testament. In addition, it is also the book most quoted in the New Testament.1 Jewish tradition lists Isaiah among the “Latter Prophets,” while Christian tradition lists it among the “Prophets.” Along with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, Isaiah is one of the Major Prophets in our modern Bibles because of its (large) size.2 The other (smaller) prophetic books are listed under the Minor Prophets, which the Jewish canon calls the “Twelve.”3
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A member of the kingdom of Judah, Isaiah's book was “composed and edited over a period of more than two centuries, from 733 BC (the year when King Uzziah died and when Isaiah began his prophetic ministry) to the years following the return of the Babylonian exiles, that is, around 525
A member of the kingdom of Judah, Isaiah's book was “composed and edited over a period of more than two centuries, from 733 BC (the year when King Uzziah died and when Isaiah began his prophetic ministry) to the years following the return of the Babylonian exiles, that is, around 525