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  • From: "Tony Costa" <tmcos AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Isaiah 13-14
  • Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:06:37 PST


Dear Friends,

I was wondering about Isaiah 13-14 and its application to Babylon, (BABEL). It is believed that Isaiah 1-39 is part of "proto-Isaiah", whom scholars place before the fall of the northern kingdom to Assyria in 722 BCE. Babylon only comes into the picture over a hundred years later as a threat to Judah, the southern kingdom. Prior to 722 BCE, Assyria was the world power. Some scholars have speculated that originally Isaiah addressed the words in chapters 13-14 to Assyria and then later it was applied to Babylon when it became a threat. I have some problems with this. Is there any MS support for this? Is there any oral or rabbinic tradition that supports this argument? The MT of Isa 13-14 clearly says BABEL. Any comments on this?

Tony Costa, B.A.
University of Toronto
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