Excerpt from Studies in Isaiah XL-LXVI: With an Introductory Chapter on the Composite Character of Isaiah I-XXXIX The following Studies form the elaboration of a course of lectures given in Cambridge last year to the students who came up for the Vacation Term for Biblical Study. The Studies have, with three exceptions, been selected With the object of dealing With such subjects as, from their nature, cannot be discussed at much length in Commentaries; this applies more especially to the doctrinal and archaeological Studies, Which take up the major part of the following pages. Points of exegesis can also be dealt With more at length in a lecture than in a commentary Where the entire text of a book has to be explained. The two first Studies, Which are introductory, deal with the composite character of the book of Isaiah; this, though amply considered in the Com mentaries, seemed to be a necessary prelimin ary here too, because it has a direct bearing on the different doctrinal standpoints in the book. A brief historical survey was also con. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.