GENERAL EDITOR :
PRINCIPAL WALTER F. ADENEY, M.A., D.D.

Jsaiah

I --XXXIX

INTRODUCTION

REVISED VERSION WITH NOTES

INDEX AND MAPS

EDITED BY THE REV.

OWEN C. WHITEHOUSE, M.A., D.D.

VOL. 1

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION.

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§ 1. Period of Isaiah's activity

§ 2. External History of Western Asia and Israel,

750-700 B, C.

§ 3. Internal social and religious condition of Israel,

750-700 B. C..

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§ 4. Theology of Isaiah .

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§ 5. Critical problems of Isaiah

$ 6. Biography, style of Isaiah, and probable order

of his oracles

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§ 7. Recent important commentaries and other aids 75

APPENDIX I. ASSYRIAN EPONYM CANON

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APPENDIX II. HEBREW CHRONOLOGY WITH TABLE

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TexT OF THE Revised Version with ANNOTATIONS

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ExcursuS. TRANSLATION OF SENNACHERIE's Prism IN-

SCRIPTION (PALESTINIAN CAMPAIGN)

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ADDENDA

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INDEX

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MAPS OF (1) Syria, Assyria, BABYLONIA, ETC.; (2) PALESTINE,

SHOWING SEATS OF THE TWELVE TRIBES IN THE ELEVENTH
CENTURY B.C.