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Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume, Bryan Beyer offers a comprehensive introduction to the book of Isaiah that surveys the book’s content, its meaning in its original context, and its application for people today. Beyer presents the prophet’s recurring themes of remnant, the sovereignty of God, the Day of the Lord, covenant obligations, Messiah, and God and the nations. He pays special attention to Isaiah’s use of...

“Mighty God” is a strange name for a child, in that it appears to ascribe deity to the child. The translation “God is a warrior” is theoretically possible but unlikely in view of the parallelism with the other three names. The name appears nowhere else in Scripture. Many Old Testament names contain the Lord’s name in the shortened form -yahu. Isaiah’s name (Heb. Yisha’yahu) means “Yahweh has saved.” Jeremiah means “Yahweh is exalted,” Uzziah means “Yahweh is my strength,” and Hananiah means “Yahweh
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