Ethics in the Message of Isaiah
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https://doi.org/10.36421/veritas.v16i1.10Keywords:
OT Ethics, Ethics, Prophecy and Law, Isaiah’s ethicsAbstract
Form-critical studies in the ethical basis of Isaiah has reached an impasse. Many ethical injunctions in Isaiah 1-39 does not fit into either wisdom or legal categories according to form-critical approaches. This article will re-examine the ethical basis of Isaiah 1-39 by employing a literary-canonical approach.
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