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Isaiah xxi A palimpsest Isaiah xxi A palimpsest A. A. MACINTOSH Fellow, Tutor and Dean of St John's College, Cambridge CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge London New York New Rochelle Melbourne Sydney CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521229432 © Cambridge University Press 1980 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1980 This digitally printed version 2008 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-521-22943-2 hardback ISBN 978-0-521-09462-7 paperback To my wife and to all others who have cheered on the tow-path Contents Acknowledgements page ix List of principal abreviations x Introduction i 1 The text and its meaning: a preliminary survey 4 Verses 1-10 4 Verses 1 & 12 39 Verses 13-15 53 Verses 16 & 17 60 2 Exegesis and historical background 63 Verses 1-10 63 Verses 1 & 12 75 Verses 13-15 91 Verses 16 & 17 9 3 Verses 1-10 103 History and exegesis 103 Translation and commentary 116 4 Verses 11-17 131 History and exegesis 131 Translation and commentary 137 Principal works consulted 144 Indexes 151 Vll Acknowledgements I wish to record my gratitude to the trustees of the Bethune- Baker Fund of the University of Cambridge for a generous grant to assist in the publication of this work; to J. A. Emerton, Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge and a colleague in the fellowship of St John's College, who read earlier drafts and made many helpful suggestions; to Valerie Collis for her generous and enthusiastic help with typing and indexing; to N. C. Buck and M. B. Pratt of St John's College Library for their unfailing helpfulness; to Cambridge University Press (and particularly to R. Coleman and Jane Van Tassel) for their patient care of my work. A.A.M. St John's College 2j December igyg
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