To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Isaiah's servant
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 21:43:39 -0500
>
> Since Isaiah speaks for God, there is little reason to make a big fuss
> about who is talking. But I am comfortable, after many years of
> reading the
> Bible, with the idea that God at times speaks of himself in the third
> person.
Right! t's all the prophet putting words in the mouth of God, Cyrus,
himself.
The important thing is only to know whom the prophet is speaking for at any
particular time.
Liz
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
>
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