[AndyTheBear]

No serious scholar ever doubted the existence of Isaih.

[skr]

Bfl

[Delta 21]

Was “Isaiah the prophet” referred to as “Isaiah the prophet” in Isaiah’s day?

[circlecity]

I don’t think any real Christian doubted the existance of Isaiah. One thing the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed - that the prophecies of Isaiah regarding Christ were written hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. Nobody can credibly take the position they were just created after the fact to support the Gospels.

[Preachin']

Isaiah has been a thorn in the side of a lot of people, even into modern times. Most seminaries teach of there being two people as authors of the book of Isaiah. The first one is actually Isaiah, and the second one is called pseudo-Isaiah.

They claim that since the latter part of that book spoke about things known to have happened after Isaiah's death, it must have been written by someone who lived during that time.

So, the seminaries are actually helping to perpetuate the idea that some of the book is not actually prophetic at all, but were more like a commentary of current evens from pseudo-Isaiah’s perspective.

[lurk]

It is the greatest find of the Dead Sea scrolls, and perhaps the most important archaeological find in history, a complete copy of Isaiah dating back before Jesus. It is also the most quoted scripture among the New Testament books. Why doubt that he existed, unless you’re just wanting to be difficult.

[editor-surveyor]

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Do grasshoppers prove the existence of grass?

Archeologists can’t find their ass in the dark with both hands.
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