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ID: 901000532
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000532
Record Type: Character/Person

Isaiah (Old Testament character)

Note: Legendary prophet after whom the biblical Book of Isaiah is named (only some of the first 39 chapters are attributed to him), a significant contributor to Jewish and Christian traditions. His call to prophecy in about 742 BCE coincided with the beginnings of the westward expansion of the Assyrian empire, which threatened Israel.

Display Date: flourished 8th century BCE

Names:
Isaiah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Ashʻayā (Old Testament character) (English)
Ēsaia (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Ēsaias (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Ishaʻayā (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Yeshaʻyahu (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
ʼΗσαΐας (Old Testament character) (Greek,U,N)
ישעיהו (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)
إشعيا (Old Testament character) (Arabic,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Isaiah (Old Testament character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... prophet
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
flourished/active in .... Jerusalem
.....(West Bank, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
Isaiah (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 80109418
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71O3 the book of Isaiah
Ēsaia (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ēsaias (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ishaʻayā (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Yeshaʻyahu (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
ʼΗσαΐας (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
ישעיהו (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
إشعيا (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Isaiah," accessed 30 June 2017
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 80109418

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