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Middle East / Italy: The Prophet Isaiah. Isaiah, Michelangelo, c. 1508-1512, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City

Middle East / Italy: The Prophet Isaiah. Isaiah, Michelangelo, c. 1508-1512, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City

Isaiah (Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ, Greek: Ἠσαΐας, Ēsaïās) was a prophet in the 8th-century BC Kingdom of Judah. Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon; he is the first listed (although not the earliest) of the neviim akharonim, the later prophets. Many of the New Testament teachings of Jesus refer to the book of Isaiah.

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