The message of Isaiah 40-55 : a literary-theological commentary /

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Author / Creator:	Goldingay, John.
Imprint:	London ; New York : T & T Clark, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 578 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible. -- Isaiah, XL-LV -- Commentaries. Bible. -- Isaiah, XL-LV. Electronic books. Commentaries.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11269662

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ISBN:	0567633373 9780567633378 0567030385 9780567030382 0567030393 9780567030399
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-563) and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The Message of Isaiah 40-55 traces the argument of Isaiah 40-55 to show how the chapters bring a message of encouragement and challenge about God''s intention to restore the Judean community, some of whose members are in exile in Babylon, others living in the city of Jerusalem that has lain devastated since it fell to the Babylonians in 587. The chapters hold before this community''s eyes a vision of the nature of its God as the powerful creator and the loving restorer. In the course of following the argument, the reader becomes aware that the chapters have to deal with their audience''s my.
Other form:	Print version: Goldingay, John. Message of Isaiah 40-55. London ; New York : T & T Clark, ©2005 0567030385 9780567030382

Table of Contents:

Introduction (40.1-31). Introduction ; Yhwh is returning to Jerusalem (40.1-11) ; Yhwh the Creator has Jacob-Israel's destiny in hand (40.12-31)
Yhwh's vindication and deliverance (41.1-44.23). Yhwh's unique power and Yhwh's commitment to servant Israel (41.1-20) ; Yhwh's unique power and Yhwh's achievement through the servant (41.21-42.17) ; Yhwh's commitment to blind and deaf Jacob-Israel (42.18-43.21) ; Yhwh's commitment to using Jacob-Israel as witness (43.22-44.23 [45.8])
Yhwh's work with Cyrus (44.24-48.22). The triumph of Cyrus (44.24-45.25) ; The fall of Babylon's gods and their city (46.1-47.15) ; The challenge to Jacob-Israel (48.1-22)
The servant and Zion (49.1-52.12). The servant's testimony and its implications (49.1-13) ; Yhwh's response to abandoned Zion (49.14-50.3) ; The awakening of Yhwh's servant (50.4-11) ; The awakening of Yhwh and of Zion (51.1-52.12)
Yhwh's act of restoration and transformation (52.13-55.13). Yhwh's act of restoration and transformation ; The fruitfulness of the servant's ministry (52.13-53.12) ; The renewing of the abandoned woman/city (54.1-17a) ; Conclusion : the broadening of the covenant commitment (54:17b-55.13).

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