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The early Christian church produced a large amount of literature, but most of the works the

first Christians wrote have been lost. One that survives is an apocalypse known as the

ascension of Isaiah. It focuses on the biblical prophet Isaiah who lived in the 8th century

BC, but it contains traditions about Jesus that are not recorded in the

Gospels. So what is the ascension of Isaiah? When was it written and what does it say?

That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Yakin's mysterious world.

Next week we're going to be looking at the second half of the ascension of Isaiah,

so we're going to be hearing about Isaiah's ascent through the seven heavens and learn more about what he saw

concern in Jesus, including Jesus traditions that are not recorded in the

Gospels, so you won't want to miss that. You're listening to episode 333 of Jimmy Yakin's mysterious world

when we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode we're talking about the Ascension of Isaiah.

I'm Don Bethinelli and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken.

Hey Jimmy.

Patty Dawn?

Around AD67, an unknown Christian wrote a work called The Ascension of Isaiah.

It was an apocalypse which depicted the 8th century prophet Isaiah, both seeing visions of the future and getting a tour of the invisible world.

The first part of the book dealt with the martyrdom of Isaiah, and we talked about that

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