Bullinger lived at a time when Higher Criticism of the Bible by certain theologians was gaining ground. One such criticism was that the prophecy of Isaiah was in two distinct halves and was written by two (or more) different people. In this publication Bullinger not only disagrees with those ideas but refutes them with a wealth of impartial information from within the book itself and also from the New Testament. His reasons, put forward over 100 years ago, are still as relevant and powerful today.
E. W. (Ethelbert William) Bullinger was born in England. A direct dissent of Swiss reformer Johann Heinrich Bullinger, a covenant theologian, he was born and raised in a home strongly influenced by Wesleyan Methodist doctrine. An Anglican priest as well as secretary of the Trinitarian Bible Society, he is primarily known as a theologian who published numerous books. He is most commonly known for The Companion Bible.
Some of his theology was and remains controversial, but there is no arguing that he had an in-depth knowledge of Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew. Some of his more popular books still in extant include his Figures of Speech Used in the Bible and Number in Scripture.