Review of Joseph Blenkinsopp, Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006). Pp. xx + 315. Paper, US$25.00. ISBN 0-8028-4021-3.

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Newman
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Book Of Isaiah ◽  
Grand Rapids

The Sahidic Tripartite Isaiah: Origins and Transmission within the Coptic Manuscript Culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-406
Author(s):  
Alin Suciu
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
Manuscript Culture ◽  
Book Of Isaiah

Abstract This study shows that the book of Isaiah was sometimes divided by Coptic scribes into three parts, each of them being copied individually into a separate manuscript. By surveying the available evidence, the author argues that this practice originated in the 4th century CE and was in use until the 8th century CE. The origins and eventual disappearance of tripartite Isaiah must be connected with the transformations that affected Coptic codices and scribal traditions from late antiquity to the medieval period.

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