Sefer Zerubavel

As a present from me for Pesach, please download to enjoy, Sefer Zerubavel, a book that "never" appeared before, as far as I know, in its current form. Its chapters correspond to the chapters 40 to 66 of Yeshaya. Yeshaya 35 was included in the final chapter of my Sefer Zerubavel, after verse 16. There it replaces the fragment Yeshaya 66:17-19, which likely belongs to Yeshayahu 33, and the fragments Yeshaya 66:20-21, 23-24, which seem not to fit in Sefer Zerubavel. Also Yeshaya 34 is not included. It could be that Yeshaya 34 plus Yeshaya 66:20-21, 23-24 is an extraneous oracle that was used to glue Yeshayahu and Sefer Zerubavel together.

Why the name Zerubavel? Zerubavel is the obvious candidate for being the anonymous prophet Deutero-Yeshaya, in my humble opinion. For who wants a sign in the text, in Zecharyah 4:7 it says:

מי-אתה הר-הגדול לפני זרובבל, למישור

The word למישור appears right next to זרובבל. It is repeated in Yeshaya 40:4,

כָּל גֶּיא יִנָּשֵׂא וְכָל הַר וְגִבְעָה יִשְׁפָּלוּ וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר וְהָרְכָסִים לְבִקְעָ

and again in Yeshaya 42:16,

וְהוֹלַכְתִּי עִוְרִים בְּדֶרֶךְ לֹא יָדָעוּ בִּנְתִיבוֹת לֹא יָדְעוּ אַדְרִיכֵם אָשִׂים מַחְשָׁךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם לָאוֹר וּמַעֲקַשִּׁים לְמִישׁוֹר אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים עֲשִׂיתִם וְלֹא עֲזַבְתִּים

and nowhere else in Tenach. What is the הר-הגדול that will become למישור? Zerubavel, Moshiach, will be astounding: he will destroy the power of evil.

Sefer Zerubavel is meant as a Tikkun.

Pesach Sameach!