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My comments on the Book of Isaiah will be informed chiefly by a talmudic proposition.\u00a0<\/span>In considering the pervasiveness of prophecy throughout the biblical period, as opposed to the relative paucity of prophets represented in literature, the Talmud (Megillah 14a) states:<\/span><\/p>\n

Many prophets served Israel, as many as twice the number [of Jews] who left Egypt. However, a prophecy that is necessary for posterity was recorded, while a prophecy that is not necessary for posterity was not recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our challenge, then, is to identify those elements within the Book of Isaiah that still maintain their relevance. Complicating the task is the poetic nature of most of the book, which poses analytical challenges of its own. Fortunately, for our endeavor, the commentary of Malbim addresses both perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n

M<\/b>eir <\/span>L<\/b>eib <\/span>B<\/b>en <\/span>Y<\/b>ehiel <\/span>M<\/b>ichel Weiser (1809-1879) served communities in Poland, Germany, and Rumania, in a career that was marked by an uncompromising individualism that put him at considerable odds with the nascent Liberal (Reform) movement and, at one point, even led to his incarceration by the Rumanian authorities on a trumped up charge of blasphemy against Christianity. (His release from prison was negotiated by Sir Moses Montefiore).<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim occupied a singular position in respect of Bible studies. Rejecting the view of Ibn Ezra and Radak that parallel lines of biblical poetry are completely synonymous (a=b), Malbim argued that even synonyms retain their distinct individuality and the relationship between the parallel lines is \u201ca, and b even more so,\u201d a position adopted increasingly by modern scholars as demonstrated by James Kugel in <\/span>The Idea of Biblical Poetry<\/span><\/em> (1981; on Malbim, see p. 288 ff.).<\/span><\/p>\n

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