The THEOLOGY of the BOOK of ISAIAH
John Goldingay
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Part One: The Theologies in Isaiah
Faithfulness in the Exercise of Power
Things Move Forward, but What Goes Around Comes Around
A Note on Isaiah’s Role in the New Testament
The Whole Cosmos (Isaiah 24–27)
Land, City and Supernatural Powers
Life and Death, Truth and Lies, Insight and Stupidity
Israel Is Yahweh’s Servant and Witness
Cyrus My Shepherd, My Anointed
The Transformed City and the Covenant People
A Prophet as Yahweh’s Anointed
Part Two: The Theology That Emerges from Isaiah
6 Revelation: Words from Yahweh Mediated Through Human Agents
7 The God of Israel, the Holy One, Yahweh Armies
8 Holy as Upright and Merciful
10 Jerusalem and Zion Critiqued and Threatened
11 Jerusalem and Zion Chastised and Restored
14 The Empires and Their Kings
15 Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility
16 Divine Planning and Human Planning
Translations of the biblical text in this book are my own. The rationale for them and for my exegetical assumptions appears in the following places:
John Goldingay, Isaiah (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson; Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001).
———, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 56–66 (London/New York: Clark, 2013).
———, The Message of Isaiah 40–55 (London/New York: Clark, 2005).
——— and David Payne, A Critical and Exegetical ...
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About The Theology of the Book of IsaiahThe book of Isaiah’s imagery sparkles as it inspires. It draws us in to meditate and extends our vision toward the future. But what should we make of this sprawling and puzzling book—so layered and complex in its composition—as a whole? John Goldingay helps us make sense of this “book called Isaiah” as a tapestry of patterned collages, parts put together in an intentional whole. The Theology of the Book of Isaiah studies the prophecies, messages and theology of each section of the complex book, then unfurls its unifying themes—from Zion to David to the Holy One of Israel. Like a program guide to Handel’s Messiah, Goldingay helps us see, hear and understand the grandeur of this prophetic masterpiece among the Prophets. |
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