Isaiah 1-39
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2011
278 pages
978-1-61164-929-1 (ISBN)
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This unique commentary allows the interpretation of Isaiah 1-39 to be guided by the final form of the book. It focuses on the theological aspect of the book of Isaiah, giving special attention to the role of literary context. Christopher Seitz explores structural and organizational concerns as clues to the editorial intention of the final form of the material, which he argues is both intelligible and an intended result of the efforts of those who gave shape to the present form of the book.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.
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Christopher R. Seitz is Professor of Old Testament and Theological Studies at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland. He is the author or editor of eight books including Figured Out: Typology, Providence and Christian Scripture and Nicene Christianity: The Future for a New Ecumenism.
Content
- Intro
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Series Preface
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Character and Position of the Book of Isaiah
- Why a Commentary on First Isaiah?
- Literary Structure
- Historical Structure
- Superscription and Call
- The Syro-Ephraimite Coalition (734-732 B.C.)
- King Hezekiah and the 701 B.C. Debacle
- Theological Structure
- Part One: The Presentation of Isaiah: Word and Prophet Isaiah 1-12
- Overview
- Introduction
- Prophetic Agency
- Isaiah 1-4: The Presentation of Word and Prophet
- Isaiah 5:1-30
- Isaiah 6:1-9:7
- Isaiah 9:8-11:16
- Isaiah 12:1-6
- Conclusion
- Historical Structure
- Theological Structure
- 1:1-31 Like a Booth in a Vineyard
- 2:1-4:6 In That Day
- Zion and the Nations (2:1-5)
- The Lord of Hosts Has a Day (2:6-4:6)
- Conclusion
- 5:1-30 My Beloved Had a Vineyard
- Matters of Structure
- The Song of the Vineyard (5:1-7)
- A Signal Is Raised (5:8-30)
- Conclusion
- 6:1-13 The Holy Seed Is Its Stump
- Introduction
- Form (6:1-8)
- The Commission (6:9-13)
- 7:1-9:7 If You Do Not Stand Firm in Faith, You Shall Not Stand at All: Isaiah and the House of David
- Excursus: Who Is Immanuel?
- The Problems
- History and Interpretation
- Royal Theology and Christian Interpretation
- Isaiah's Word to Ahaz: It Shall Not Stand (7:1-9)
- Isaiah's Word to Ahaz: You Shall Not Stand (7: 10-25)
- Immanuel Stands Firm (8:1-10)
- The Teaching Stands Firm (8:11-22)
- A Child Is Born (9:1-7)
- 9:8-10:34 The Rise and Fall of a Great Forest
- Introduction
- His Hand Is Stretched Out Still (9:8-21)
- Assyria, Rod of My Anger (10:1-34)
- 11:1-16 The Vineyard Restored
- Introduction
- A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse
- Isaiah, Prophet of Salvation
- His Delight Shall Be in the Fear of the Lord (11:1-9)
- The Root of Jesse (11:10-11)
- An Ensign for the Nations (11:12-16)
- 12:1-6 A Final Hymn of Praise
- Part Two: God of Israel, God of the Nations Isaiah 13-27
- Overview
- Literary Structure
- Scope
- Internal Arrangement
- Function and Theological Intention
- 13:1-14:32 A World Judgment and the Judgment of the Lord
- The Plan of God
- A World Judgment (13:1-22)
- The Taunt Against Babylon (14:1-23)
- An Ominous Ending (14:24-32)
- Conclusion
- 15:1-16:14 Oracles Concerning Moab
- 17:1-14 Oracles Concerning Syria-Ephraim
- 18:1-20:6 Oracles Concerning Ethiopia and Egypt
- Introduction (20:1-6)
- Swift Messengers Dispatched (18:1-7)
- Problems of Interpretation
- A Unitary Reading
- An Oracle Concerning Egypt (19:1-25)
- Introduction
- On That Day (19:16-25)
- I Will Confound Their Plans (19:1-15)
- 21:1-22:25 The Valley of Vision and the Wilderness of the Sea
- Introduction
- Isaiah 22:1-25
- Isaiah 21:1-17
- 23:1-18 The Oracle Concerning Tyre
- 24:1-27:13 A Tale of Two Cities
- Introduction
- A Return to the Days of Noah (24:1-23)
- An Appropriate Response (25:1-12)
- The Way of the Righteous (26:1-21)
- A New Vineyard, Sing of It! (27:1-13)
- Part Three: A King Will Reign in Righteousness Isaiah 28-39
- Overview
- 28:1-29 Strange Is His Deed-Alien His Work!
- 29:1-24 Zion Is Distressed, the Nations Are Routed
- 30:1-33 In Returning and Rest
- 31:1-9 A Severe Protection
- 32:1-20 A King Will Reign in Righteousness
- 33:1-24 Woe to You, Destroyer
- 34:1-35:10 The Ransomed of the Lord Shall Return
- 36:1-37:38 Hezekiah Reigns in Righteousness
- 38:1-22 The Power of Prayer
- 39:1-8 The Word of the Lord Is Good
- Bibliography
