Isaiah: An Introduction and Study Guide

C.L. Crouch is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Ancient Judaism and Chair of the Department of Textual, Historical and Systematic Studies of Judaism and Christianity at Radboud University, the Netherlands. She is also a research associate of the University of Pretoria, South Africa.Christopher B. Hays is D. Wilson Moore Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, USA. He is also a research associate of the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

• IntroductionIsaiah in the Eighth CenturyIsaiah in the Seventh CenturyIsaiah in the Sixth CenturyIsaiah in the Fifth CenturyFurther ReadingTimeline

One cannot imagine a better duo for this volume than Crouch and Hays, both of whom are leading scholars in the prophetic corpus generally and in Isaiah studies specifically. Here they combine their many gifts—vast knowledge, lucid prose, and obvious pedagogical expertise—to produce an ideal introduction to one of the most important and complicated books in the Hebrew Bible. The result is both up-to-date and informative, covering the historical context and theological themes of Isaiah across four centuries (readers will find the chapter on the seventh century especially intriguing). Here is a volume I will refer (and refer others) to often.