Ascension of Isaiah

Fragmentary Greek text of the Ascension from the Amherst papyrus 1

The Ascension of Isaiah is a pseudepigraphical Judeo-Christian text.[1][2] Scholarly estimates regarding the date of the Ascension of Isaiah range from 70 AD to 175 AD.[3][4] Many scholars believe it to be a compilation of several texts completed by an unknown Christian scribe who claimed to be the Prophet Isaiah, while an increasing number of scholars in recent years have argued that the work is a unity by a single author that may have utilized multiple sources.[5]

Many scholars have seen some similarities between Gnosticism and the Ascension of Isaiah.[6]

  1. ^ Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985.
  2. ^ Gieschen, Charles (1998). Angelomorphic Christology: Antecedents and Early Evidence. Boston: Brill. pp. 195, 196, 229–237. ISBN 9789004108400.
  3. ^ Hurtado, Larry. Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity. Eerdmans, 2005, 595-602, p.588 "the Ascension of Isaiah (variously dated from 70 to ca. 175, and hereafter Asc. Isa.)"
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  5. ^ Hannah, Darrell D. "Isaiah's Vision in the Ascension of Isaiah and the Early Church." The Journal of Theological Studies 50.1 (1999): 84-85.
  6. ^ Helmbold, Andrew K. (January 1972). "Gnostic Elements in the 'Ascension of Isaiah'". New Testament Studies. 18 (2): 222–227. doi:10.1017/S0028688500012820. ISSN 1469-8145. S2CID 171025228. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-06-05.