Tag: Isaiah
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Reflecting on Isaiah 58 6-14
Does Isaiah 58 seem like a “political” text to us? What makes it seem that way? …
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Reflecting on Isaiah 61 8 – 62 4
We are studying Isaiah 61:8-62:4 for Sunday, April 26. The text contains exuberant promises about the future of a Zion/Jerusalem restored to justice, righteousness, and divine favor. [Here are my notes on the text.] Here are some questions we might want to consider as we think about the text: Our reading begins with a clear…
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Studying Isaiah 61 8 – 62 4
We are studying Isaiah 61:8-62:4 for Sunday, April 26. This is a hopeful description of the future, redeemed state of Jerusalem, addressed to contemporaries who, it seems, have not yet seen its fulfillment. [Here are some study/discussion questions on this text.] Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Our text is almost…
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Reflecting on Isaiah 42 1-9
We are studying Isaiah 42:1-9 for Sunday, April 5 – Palm / Passion Sunday, or Palm Sunday of Christ’s Passion. This is the first part of the first of the “Servant Songs” in Second Isaiah. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we could think about or discuss or both:…
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Studying Isaiah 42 1-9
We are studying Isaiah 42:1-9 for April 5 – Palm / Passion Sunday, or Palm Sunday of Christ’s Passion. This is the first part of the first of the “Servant Songs” in Second Isaiah. [Some questions on the text are here.] Here are my notes on that text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The book of Isaiah…
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How Can We Possibly Read Isaiah?
Modern historical critical scholarship reads Isaiah 9:1 as an explicit reference to Israelite provinces annexed by Assyria in 732 BCE, and Isaiah 9:2-7 as a “royal song of thanksgiving” that gives hope to those who wait for YHWH “to act to restore righteous Davidic rule in Israel” (NOAB, note on Isaiah 9:2-7); the “child” “born…
Matters of Interpretation 