Isaiah 40-55 Vol 1 A Critical and Exegetical Commentary

by Goldingay, John; Payne, David

• ISBN13: 9780567044617
• ISBN10: 0567044610
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-23
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments. The new commentaries continue this tradition. All new evidence now available is incorporated and new methods of study are applied. The authors are of the highest international standing. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations and Glossary	p. xi
Bibliography	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
Chapters 40-55 in the Context of the Book called Isaiah	p. 1
Isaiah 40-55 as a Discrete Entity	p. 4
The Text of Isaiah 40-55	p. 8
The Arrangement of the Chapters	p. 17
The Poetic Form of the Chapters	p. 22
The Poems' Audience(s): Their Time	p. 25
The Poems' Audience(s): Their Location	p. 30
The Poems' Audience(s): Their Identity	p. 37
The Poet-Prophet	p. 44
The Message of Isaiah 40-55	p. 49
Commentary	p. 58
40.1-31: Introduction	p. 58
40.1-11: Yhwh is Returning to Jerusalem	p. 60
40.12-31: Yhwh the Creator has Jacob-Israel's Destiny in Hand	p. 96
41.1-44.23: Yhwh's Vindication and Jacob-Israel's Deliverance	p. 135
41.1-20: Yhwh's Unique Power and Yhwh's Commitment to Servant Israel	p. 137
41.21-42.17: Yhwh's Unique Power and Yhwh's Achievement through the Servant	p. 189
42.18-43.21: Yhwh's Commitment to Blind and Deaf Jacob-Israel	p. 253
43.22-44.23/45.8: Yhwh's Commitment to Using Jacob-Israel as Witness	p. 303
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