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It has long been recognized that the prophecies of Deutero-Isaiah (DI) have an oral background.' But their orality has recently been put in a new light as not only a background but also a substantial part of its design: '... books like Isaiah were written in order to be performed 1. Cf. L. Köhler, Deuterojesaja (Jesaja 40-55) stilkritisch untersucht (BZAW, 37; Berlin: de Gruyter, 1923), pp. 80-81. For a survey of comparatively recent literature on DI, see H.J. Hermisson, 'Deuterojesaja-Probleme: Ein kritischer Literaturbericht', in Verkündigung und Forschung (BEvT, 31; Munich, 1986), pp 53-84 and D. Michel, 'Deuterojesaja', TRE, VIII, pp. 510-30. Frequent reference will be made to the following works: K.

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