How many years before Jesus was born did Isaiah prophesy his birth?

Answer 1

AnswerSome scholars say that the Book of Isaiah was written by two authors, now known as First Isaiah and Second Isaiah. Others, possibly a minority, say that there were three authors, and add Third Isaiah as well.

First Isaiah, whom we know as the Isaiah who signed his work in verse 1:1, wrote during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah of Judah. This places First Isaiah around 2,700 years ago.

There was then a break of over a hundred years before an anonymous author, now known as Second Isaiah decided to add new material to the by-then ancient book, during the Babylonian Exile. Whether he is the same author who continued to write during the early years after the Return from Exile is uncertain. Overall, Second Isaiah (and Third Isaiah) wrote for some decades, but the total is open to debate. They lived around 2,500 years ago.

Answer 2

Isaiah recorded his prophecies in writing, which have come down to us today as the Old Testament book of Isaiah. His prophecies cut to the heart of Judah's troubles which were rooted in idoltry and corruption due to departure from God's ways.

He also offered a way out and hope for the future. He predicted the Babylonian exile and return under Cyrus, which is the main reason scholars think there must have been another author of the book.

Answer 3

M. Weber (Sociology of Religion) defines a prophet as an individual bearer of charisma, who by virtue of his mission proclaims a religious doctrine or divine commandment. Weber sees two types of prophet: the first is the exemplary man who sets a personal example, represented by Buddha, and the second is one who claims to be the instrument for the proclamation of a god and his will, as represented by Muhammad. He says that the Hebrew prophets always fell into the second category.

Isaiah, son of Amos, was the author of the first 39 chapters of the Book of Isaiah. Chapters 40 to 55 were the work of an unknown author during the Babylonian Exile. Chapters 56 to 66 are post-Exilic and attributed to an unknown author now known as Third Isaiah. At some stage, the three originally separate books were combined inot a single book.

Isaiah was concerned with Assyria as the dominant power in the Levant and was concerned at the inability of the kings to react appropriately to the threat that Assyria posed to Jerusalem. The scope of Isaiah's concerns can be seen from his own statement in Isaiah 1:1, where he says that he wrote about the 'visions' he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah - contrary to popular Christian belief, he was not concerned with possible events in the far distant future. His book was both political, aimed at saving Judah, and religious, aimed at what he saw as the irreligious people of his time. He preached doom and punishment for the people of Judah unless they followed his advice.

Answer 4

The main thing that Isaiah did was to teach Torah. He was one of the transmitters of Israelite tradition in the Sanhedrin (Maimonides, introduction to "Yad") and had a school of disciples. Prophesying, and writing, took up only a small fraction of his time.

The Israelite prophets:

The Israelite prophets were extremely learned and pious individuals, both men and women, whose superlative level of piety merited them with visions from God. They had to be humble, yet speak with authority. They had to love their people, yet not hesitate to rebuke with caustic words if commanded to by God. (See: Why did the Prophets rebuke? And see: Why did some people not listen to them?)
The prophets were called upon by God to guide the people and to guide the king. While the king had authority in national matters of state, and the Sanhedrin (Sages) had say in Torah-rulings and halakha (law), the prophets spoke in matters of ethics, of belief, of loyalty to God, and behavior. They rebuked the people at God's command, they predicted events which God revealed to them, they taught through Divine inspiration, and they provided optimism and hope with the prophecies of eventual Redemption.

Some of the prophetical chapters (or books) detail Israelite history and past events, some exhort the people to improve their spiritual level, some predict events and/or warn (especially concerning the First Destruction), some serve to comfort the nation, some speak of prayer and love of God, and some speak of life, experience and wisdom.

See also:A list of the Israelite prophets

Why did prophecy end?

History of the Hebrew Bible

Jewish history timeline

Answer 5

He was called by God through an amazing vision and given an initial message as well as an anointing from God. This is recorded in Isaiah 6.8 (thats all, look it up unless ur lazy lol)

Answer 6

It is unkown exactly when he was born, but it is believed he lived around 801B.C. till about 700B.C. He only started his teachings when he was 40 though.

Answer 7

Isaiah completed his book sometime after 732 BCE. So it would have been around 700 years before the birth of Jesus.

Answer 8

Isaiah lived in the 8th and 7th century before before Christ.

Answer 9

13 years old born: June 30 1999.

Answer 10

20