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Isaiah 1:2−3, ethics and wisdom. Isaiah 1:2–3 and the Song of Moses (Dt 32): Is Isaiah a prophet like Moses?

Alphonso Groenewald
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 67, No 1 | a954 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v67i1.954 | © 2011 Alphonso Groenewald | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 07 September 2010 | Published: 11 April 2011

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Alphonso Groenewald, Department of Old Testament Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Abstract

This article argued that society even today could benefit from the richness of the ethics of the Hebrew Bible. Isaiah 1:2–3 has been used as an example to illustrate the ethics of a biblical text. This text has wisdom traits and literary links with Deuteronomy 32. In a modern, pluralistic society there is a need for a comprehensive ethical view by which one can combine a solid religious foundation, including responsibility towards God, the Creator and Lord of life, with a broad human wisdom gained from a rational understanding of the circumstances of existence for a true human life in a created world of order.

Keywords

Ethics; wisdom; Isaiah 1:2-3; Deuteronomy 32; tradents; Isaiah as discourse founder

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