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The "Community Setting" of the Ascension of Isaiah: A New Analysis
- Journal of Biblical Literature
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Volume 141, Number 4, 2022
- pp. 785-805
- Article
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Abstract:
There is a widespread assumption that conflict between different prophetic schools in early Christianity prompted the writing of the Ascension of Isaiah. Challenging this position, I argue that the term "the prophets" is a cipher for pious Christians and that the work warns of the dangers of conflict within the church in the face of potentially hostile attention from the Roman administration.