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Isaiah

A false dichotomy between the particularist king and the universalist prophet nevertheless discloses a truth about its author.

Oct. 6 2020 12:01AM

The rabbis saw no contradiction, only completion.

Milton Himmelfarb
Sept. 25 2020 12:01AM

Isaiah’s puns.

Robert Alter
March 14 2019 12:01AM

Isaiah’s unforgettable language serves much the same role in spoken Hebrew that Shakespeare’s does in English.

July 18 2018 12:01AM

The right name, the right time, and the right place. But is it the right Isaiah?

Eilat Mazar
Feb. 23 2018 12:01AM

Isaiah, Hezekiah, and the moving shadow.

Frederick Baltz
Aug. 18 2017 12:01AM

Did Isaiah write the book of Isaiah?

Kim Phillips
Sept. 6 2016 12:01AM

“The image of the seraph as a snake probably comes from Egyptian art.”

Benjamin Sommer
July 16 2015 12:01AM

How the idea of exile, in the Bible only one punishment among many, evolved into a metaphor for Israel’s alienation from God—a condition that could. . .

Katie Heffelfinger
Nov. 20 2013 12:00AM

A recent geological study argues that the Siloam Tunnel, attributed to Hezekiah in several biblical narratives, could not have been built during his reign. Really?

Jeffrey R. Chadwick
Aug. 15 2013 12:00AM