[see also: Commentaries on Isaiah and Isa 1–66 as a whole]
The bibliography, limited (with few exceptions) to works of the past 60 years, is divided into five sections as follows:
Barton, J., Isaiah 1–39 (Old Testament Guides; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1995).
Kaiser, O., "Jesaja / Jesajabuch", TRE 16 (1987) 636-658.
Miller, W. R., "Isaiah, Book of (Isaiah 24–27)", ABD III (1992) 488-490.
Montagnini, F., Isaia 1–39: l'occhio del profeta sugli eventi della storia (LoB – Leggere oggi la Bibbia, 1.18; Brescia: Queriniana, 1990)
Seitz, C. R., "Isaiah, Book of (First Isaiah)", ABD III (1992) 472-488.
Becker, U., "Jesajaforschung (Jes 1–39)", TRu 64 (1999) 1-37, 117-152.
Becker, U., "Tendenzen der Jesajaforschung 1998–2007", TRu 74 (2009) 96-128.
Hardmeier, C., "Jesajaforschung im Umbruch", VF 31/1 (1986) 3-31.
Höffken, P., Jesaja. Der Stand der theologischen Diskussion (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2004).
Kilian, R., Jesaja 1–39 (EdF 200; Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1983).
Kim, H. C. P., "Recent Scholarship on Isaiah 1-39", in A. J. Hauser (ed.), Recent Research on the Major Prophets (Recent Research in Biblical Studies, 1; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008) 118-141.
McKinion, S. A. (ed.), Isaiah, Vol. I: Isaiah 1–39 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old Testament, 10; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004); = Isaia 1-39. Edizione italiana a cura di P. Bernardini; introduzione generale di A. Di Bernardino (La Bibbia commentata dai Padri. Antico Testamento, 10/1; Roma: Città Nuova, 2010).
Sweeney, M. A., "Reevaluating Isaiah 1–39 in Recent Critical Research", CR:BS 4 (1996) 79-114. Reprinted in A. J. Hauser (ed.), Recent Research on the Major Prophets (Recent Research in Biblical Studies, 1; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008) 93-117.
Aster, S. Z., Reflections of Empire in Isaiah 1-39: Responses to Assyrian Ideology (ANEM 19; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2017). The volume can be downloaded here.
Bartelt, A. H., The Book Around Immanuel: Style and Structure in Isaiah 2–12 (Biblical and Judaic Studies, 4; Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1996).
Barth, H., Die Jesaja-Worte in der Josiazeit. Israel und Assur als Thema einer produktiven Neuinterpretation der Jesajaüberlieferung (WMANT 48; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1977).
Barthel, J., Prophetenwort und Geschichte. Die Jesajaüberlieferung in Jes 6–8 und 28–31 (FAT 19; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1997).
Becker, U., Jesaja – von der Botschaft zum Buch (FRLANT 178; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997).
Bruin, W. M. de, Isaiah 1-12 as Written and Read in Antiquity (Pericope, Scripture as Written and Read in Antiquity, 8; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013).
Couey, J. B., Reading the Poetry of First Isaiah: "The Most Perfect Model of the Prophetic Poetry" (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).
De Sousa, R. F., Eschatology and Messianism in LXX Isaiah 1-12 (LHB/OTS 516; London & New York: T & T Clark, 2010).
Eck, J., Jesaja 1 – eine Exegese der Eröffnung des Jesaja-Buches: die Präsentation Jesajas und JHWHs, Israels und der Tochter Zion (BZAW 473; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015).
Eidevall, G., Prophecy and Propaganda: Images of Enemies in the Book of Isaiah (CBOT 56; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009).
Fey, R., Amos und Jesaja: Abhängigkeit und Eigenständigkeit des Jesaja (WMANT 12; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1963).
Gitay, Y., Isaiah and His Audience. The Structure and Meaning of Isaiah 1–12 (SSN 30; Assen / Maastricht: van Gorcum, 1991).
Hayes, J. H. – S. A. Irvine, Isaiah, the Eighth-Century Prophet: His Times and His Preaching (Nashville: Abingdon, 1987).
Hays, C. B., Death in the Iron Age II and in First Isaiah (FAT 79; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011). Paperback edition with a new title: A Covenant with Death: Death in Iron Age II and Its Rhetorical Uses in Proto-Isaiah (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015).
Holt, E. K. – H. C. P. Kim – A. Mein (eds.), Concerning the Nations: Essays on the Oracles Against the Nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel (LHB/OTS 612; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015).
Hom, M. K. Y. H., The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives (LHB/OTS 559; London – New York: T & T Clark, 2012).
Jong, M. J. de, Isaiah among the Ancient Near Eastern Prophets. A Comparative Study of the Earliest Stages of the Isaiah Tradition and the Neo-Assyrian Prophecies (VTSup 117; Leiden: Brill, 2007).
Kreuch, J., Unheil und Heil bei Jesaja. Studien zur Entstehung des Assur-Zyklus Jesaja 28-31 (WMANT 130; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2011).
Landy, F., Poetry, Catastrophe, and Hope in the Vision of Isaiah (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023).
Lee, J., A Redactional Study of the Book of Isaiah 13-23 (Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
Lynch, M. J., First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods (Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible, 12; University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns – Penn State University Press, 2021).
Ruiz Rodrigo, J. A., Desde la atalaya hermenéutica de Isaías: la función literaria y teológica de Is 12 dentro del libro de Isaías (Textos y Estudios del Seminario Filologico Cardenal Cisneros – Colección de estudios bíblicos, hebraicos y sefardíes, 84; Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2021).
Steingrímsson, S. Ö., Im Lichte des Herrn: literaturwissenschaftliche Beobachtungen zur Redaktion von Jes 2,2-25,10a* (ATSAT 85; St. Ottilien: EOS, 2008).
Sweeney, M. A., Isaiah 1–4 and the Post-Exilic Understanding of the Isaianic Tradition (BZAW 171; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1988).
Vermeylen, J., Du prophète Isaïe à l'apocalyptique. Isaïe I–XXXV, miroir d'un demi-millénaire d'expérience religieuse en Israël. 2 vol. (Etudes bibliques; Paris: Gabalda, 1977-1978).
Wieringen, A. L. H. M. van, The Implied Reader in Isaiah 6–12 (Biblical Interpretation Series, 34; Leiden: Brill, 1998).
Abernethy, A. T., "The Ruined Vineyard Motif in Isaiah 1-39: Insights from Cognitive Linguistics", Bib 99 (2018) 334-350.
Ackroyd, P. R., "Isaiah I–XII: Presentation of a Prophet", in J. A. Emerton et al. (eds.), Congress Volume Göttingen 1977 (VTSup 29; Leiden: Brill, 1978) 16-48; reprinted in P. R. Ackroyd, Studies in the Religious Tradition of the Old Testament (London: SCM, 1987) 79-104 and 266-274 (notes).
Becker, U., "Jesaja, Jeremia und die Anfänge der Unheilsprophetie in Juda", HeBAI 6 (2017) 79-100.
Beuken, W., "Israël et les Nations à la face de YHWH, le Seigneur de toute le terre: le développement de ce thème dans la première partie du livre d'Isaïe", in O. Artus – J. Ferry (eds.), L'identité dans l'Écriture: hommage au professeur Jacques Briend (LD 228; Paris: Cerf, 2009) 143-163.
Blum, E., "Jesajas prophetisches Testament. Beobachtungen zu Jes 1–11 (Teil I)", ZAW 108 (1996) 547-68; "Jesajas prophetisches Testament. Beobachtungen zu Jes 1–11 (Teil II)", ZAW 109 (1997) 12-29.
Bowa, M. A., "Assyrian Imperialism and Its Impact on the Sovereignty of Ancient Israel: Assessing the Motives Behind the Prophet Isaiah's Message of Neutrality (Isaiah Chapter 6-39)", SJOT 36 (2022) 138-149.
Couey, J. B., "Poetry and Composition in the Book of Isaiah", in J. Stromberg – J. T. Hibbard (eds.), The History of Isaiah: The Formation of the Book and Its Presentation of the Past (FAT 150; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021) 47-68.
Crouch, C. L. – C. B. Hays, "The Neo-Assyrian Context of First Isaiah", in L.-S. Tiemeyer (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Isaiah (Oxford Handbooks; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020) 145-158.
Hartenstein, F., "Unheilsprophetie und Herrschaftsrepräsentation: zur Rezeption assyrischer Propaganda im antiken Juda (8./7. v.Chr.)", in M. Pietsch – F. Hartenstein (eds.), Israel zwischen den Mächten: Festschrift für Stefan Timm zum 65. Geburtstag (AOAT 364; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2009) 121-143. Reprinted in F. Hartenstein, Das Archiv des verborgenen Gottes: Studien zur Schriftlichkeit der Unheilsprophetie in Jesaja 6-8 und in Jesaja 28 (BThSt 74; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2011) 63-96.
Hayes, K. M., "'A Spirit of Deep Sleep': Divinely Induced Delusion and Wisdom in Isaiah 1-39", CBQ 74 (2012) 39-54.
Hibbard, J. T., "Does Isaiah Implicate the Temple in His Pronouncements of Judgment against Jerusalem?", in A. Berlejung – A. M. Maeir – T. M. Oshima (eds.), Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction. Proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB Conference, Leipzig, 2018. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times III (ORA 45; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022) 159-168.
Irsigler, H., "Gott als König in Berufung und Verkündigung Jesajas", in F. V. Reiterer (ed.), Ein Gott, eine Offenbarung: Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese, Theologie und Spiritualität. Festschrift für Notker Füglister OSB zum 60. Geburtstag (Würzburg: Echter, 1991) 127-154. Reprinted [same title] in H. Irsigler, "Denk an deinen Schöpfer": Studien zum Verständnis von Gott, Mensch und Volk im Alten Testament (SBAB 60; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2015) 31-57.
Jong, M. J. de, "Isaiah and the Emergence of Biblical Prophecy", HeBAI 6 (2017) 53-78.
Jong, M. J. de, "Assyria and the Beginnings of the Book of Isaiah: Isaiah 6+8 and 28-31 Revisited", in R. G. Kratz – J. Schaper (eds.), Imperial Visions: The Prophet and the Book of Isaiah in an Age of Empires (FRLANT 277; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020) 41-60.
Kahn, D., "The Continuity in the Prophetic Visions in First Isaiah (1-39)", in J. H. Charlesworth (ed.), The Unperceived Continuity of Isaiah (Jewish and Christian Texts in Contexts and Related Studies, 28; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019) 34-70.
Köckert, M. – U. Becker – J. Barthel, "Das Problem des historischen Jesajas", in I. Fischer – K. Schmid – H. G. M. Williamson (eds.), Prophetie in Israel. Beiträge des Symposiums "Das Alte Testament und die Kultur der Moderne" anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags Gerhard von Rads (1901–1971) Heidelberg, 18.-21. Oktober 2001 (Altes Testament und Moderne, 11; Münster: LIT, 2003) 105-135.
Kummerow, D., "The Anticipatory Structure of Isaiah 1-12", JSOT 48.4 (June 2024) 414-432.
Landy, F., "Metaphorical Clusters in Isaiah 1-39", in D. Verde – A. Labahn (eds.), Networks of Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible (BETL 309; Leuven: Peeters, 2020) 47-60.
Roberts, J. J. M., "Bearers of the Polity: Isaiah of Jerusalem's View of the Eighth-Century Judean Society", in J. T. Strong – S. S. Tuell (eds.), Constituting the Community: Studies on the Polity of Ancient Israel in Honor of S. Dean McBride Jr. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005) 145-152.
Roberts, J. J. M., "Enemies and Friends of the State: First Isaiah and Micah", in C. A. Rollston (ed.), Enemies and Friends of the State: Ancient Prophecy in Context (University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns – Penn State University Press, 2018) 329-338.
Roberts, J. J. M., "Isaiah 14:24-27: Genuine Isaianic Expectations or Josianic Redaction? A Critical Evaluation of the Theory of a Major Josianic Edition of the Isaianic Tradition", in J. Stromberg – J. T. Hibbard (eds.), The History of Isaiah: The Formation of the Book and Its Presentation of the Past (FAT 150; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021) 131-144.
Roberts, R. N., "Imitation as Necessity: Isaiah in Light of Amos's Prophetic Tradition", in A. B. Perrin – S. K. Baek – D. K. Falk (eds.), Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint (EJL 47; Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, 2017) 551-570.
Salo, R. S., "Assur als Werkzeug Gottes im Alten Testament", in R. Schmitt (ed.), Religion und Krieg (Mitteilungen für Anthropologie und Religionsgeschichte, 22; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2015) 61-83.
Sanders, S. L., "Why Prophecy Became a Biblical Genre. First Isaiah as an Instance of Ancient Near Eastern Text-Building", HeBAI 6 (2017) 26-52.
Schmid, K., "Die Anfänge des Jesajabuchs", in C. M. Maier (ed.), Congress Volume Munich 2013 (VTSup 163; Leiden: Brill, 2014) 426-453.
Schmid, K., "The Origins of the Book of Isaiah", in J. Baden – H. Najman – E. Tigchelaar (eds.), Sibyls, Scriptures, and Scrolls: John Collins at Seventy (JSJSup 175; Leiden: Brill, 2017) 1166-1186.
Schmid, K., "Theological Interpretation of Assyrian Propaganda in the Book of Isaiah", in J. Stromberg – J. T. Hibbard (eds.), The History of Isaiah: The Formation of the Book and Its Presentation of the Past (FAT 150; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021) 493-502.
Schwartz, E., "Mirrors of Moses in Isaiah 1-12", in J. Stromberg – J. T. Hibbard (eds.), The History of Isaiah: The Formation of the Book and Its Presentation of the Past (FAT 150; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021) 269-295.
Wagner, T., "The Glory of the Nations: The Idea of כבוד in the Early Isaian Tradition", SJOT 23 (2009) 195-207.
Wieringen, A. L. H. M. van, "Assur and Babel against Jerusalem: The Reader-Oriented Position of Babel and Assur within the Framework of Isaiah 1-39", in A. L. H. M. van Wieringen – A. van der Woude (eds.), 'Enlarge the Site of Your Tent': The City as Unifying Theme in Isaiah (OTS 58; Leiden: Brill, 2011) 49-62.
Wieringen, A. L. H. M. van, "The Diseased King and the Diseased City (Isaiah 36-39) as a Reader-Oriented Link between Isaiah 1-39 and Isaiah 40-66", in A. L. H. M. van Wieringen – A. van der Woude (eds.), 'Enlarge the Site of Your Tent': The City as Unifying Theme in Isaiah (OTS 58; Leiden: Brill, 2011) 81-93.
Williamson, H. G. M., "In Search of the Pre-Exilic Isaiah", in J. Day (ed.), In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel. Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (JSOTSup 406; London: T & T Clark International, 2004) 181-206.
Williamson, H. G. M., "Isaiah: Prophet of Weal or Woe?", in R. P. Gordon – H. Barstad (eds.), "Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela": Prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013) 273-300.
Williamson, H. G. M., "The Theory of a Josianic Edition of the First Part of the Book of Isaiah: A Critical Examination", in T. Wasserman – G. Andersson – D. Willgren (eds.), Studies in Isaiah: History, Theology, and Reception (LHB/OTS 654; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017) 3-21.
Williamson, H. G. M., "Isaiah and the Fall of the Kingdom of Israel", in S. Hasegawa – C. Levin – K. Radner (eds.), The Last Days of the Kingdom of Israel (BZAW 511; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019) 383-398.
Williamson, H. G. M., "The Evil Empire: Assyria in Reality and as a Cipher in Isaiah", in R. G. Kratz – J. Schaper (eds.), Imperial Visions: The Prophet and the Book of Isaiah in an Age of Empires (FRLANT 277; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020) 15-39.
Wilson, I. D., "Isaiah 1-12: Presentation of a (Davidic?) Politics", in A. Gow – P. Sabo (eds.), Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Poetry, Prophecy, and Justice in Hebrew Scripture. Essays in Honor of Francis Landy on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday (Biblical Interpretation Series, 157; Leiden: Brill, 2018) 50-71.
Dafni, E. G., "Jesaja-Apokalypse", in WiBiLex [erstellt: Mai 2013]. See the Useful Links page for information about the WiBiLex.
Kreuch, J., "Jesaja / Protojesajabuch", in WiBiLex [erstellt: April 2015].