Exegesis of Is 61 has shown that the chapter is a literal composition,which consists of two parts: a frame vv. 1-3+10-11 and a middle part vv.4-9. The two framing sections, vv.1-3(10-11) could first have been a separatetext. V. 3aa is possibly a secondary addition, which joins chapter 61 withchapters 60 and 62. But it is reasonable to read and interpret Is 61 as oneunit, in which a prophetic „I” take the floor. The „I” poses as a servantknown from Deutero-Isaiah’s Songs of JHWH’s Servant. But in this „I”we hear tradents who passed down and updated Deutero-Isaiah’s tradition,and added new God’s promises. The prophet Trito-Isaiah, who should belike the other prophets speaking to the people, never existed. However thetradents understood their mission as prophetical one.
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