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Historically, Jews and Christians have passed down the knowledge that Isaiah was the author. Both Jesus and the apostles quoted from the book of Isaiah and referred to Isaiah as the author without question or suggestion there was any other writer involved. The oldest manuscript gives no indication of being written by any other person than the sole author, Isaiah.

There is a critical theory called the 'Deutero-Isaiah' theory which postulates that at least two men wrote Isaiah based on a percieved difference of styles between the two sections of Isaiah. Those who maintain Isaiah as the author attribute this only to the change in theme between the two sections and see more similarities than differences.

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