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Category Archives: Isaiah
Isaiah 59:16-17: A Vulnerable God?
Isaiah 59:15-17 states (in the NRSV): “Truth is lacking, and whoever turns from evil is despoiled. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. He saw that there was no one, and was appalled that … Continue reading
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Tagged armor of God, defensive armor, God acts, Isaiah, righteousness of God
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Ramblings on Isaiah 58, the Sabbath, and Edward J. Young
I’ve been reading the Book of Isaiah for my daily quiet time. A while back, I got Edward J. Young’s three volume, verse-by-verse commentary on the Book of Isaiah, which dates to the 1960’s-1970’s. The commentary is conservative in that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, conservative scholarship, creation ordinance, Edward J. Young, First Isaiah, Gary Habermas, Isaiah, Isaiah 58, Mike Licona, Mosaic ordinance, one Isaiah, post-exilic, pre-exilic, Robert M. Price, Robert Price, Sabbatarianism, Sabbath, Second Isaiah, seventh-day Sabbath, Sunday, temple, the Book of Isaiah, Third Isaiah, weekly Sabbath
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Derek Leman on Isaiah 9:5(6)
Messianic Jewish rabbi Derek Leman has graciously given me permission to post today’s Daily Isaiah on my blog. I am glad to do so because today’s Daily Isaiah was one of my favorites! Daily Isaiah is something that Derek sends … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Isaiah, Jewish-Christian Relations, Religion
Tagged derek leman, maher shalal hash baz, middle-east, Politics, Religion, theology
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Derek Leman on the Filthy Rags in Isaiah 64:6
Isaiah 64:6 says (in the KJV) that “all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags”. Many evangelicals have thrown this verse in people’s faces to contend that we all need Jesus to be our Savior and to cover us with his … Continue reading
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Tagged derek leman, filthy rags, grand narrative, jewish rabbi, Religion, theology
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Peckham on Jonah, Third Isaiah, and Style
I have three items for my write-up today of Brian Peckham’s History and Prophecy. 1. Peckham argues that the Book of Jonah is a parody that is mocking the prophets. Peckham states on page 690 that “The original work was … Continue reading
Crusemann on Mosaic Courts, Deuteronomistic Additions to the Cultic Decalogue, and Unjust Mishpatim
For my write-up today of Frank Crusemann’s The Torah: Theology and Social History of Old Testament Law, I have three items: 1. On page 107, Crusemann states: “There probably was a Mosaically legitimized institution during the monarchic period that made … Continue reading
Theological Points from Kaiser
In this post, I’ll be talking about a few points in Otto Kaiser’s commentary on Isaiah 1-12. 1. On pages 25-26, Kaiser talks about Isaiah 2, in which the nations of the earth come to Zion to learn God’s ways … Continue reading
Kaiser on Interpolations to Isaiah
I finished Otto Kaiser’s commentary from the 1960’s on Isaiah 1-12. My goal in this post is to address a question: Why does Kaiser attribute certain passages in the Book of Isaiah to Isaiah, but other passages to a later … Continue reading
Problems and Hope Before the Exile; Water
1. In my reading today of Randall Heskett’s Messianism Within the Scriptural Scrolls of Isaiah, the following passage on page 47 stood out to me: [Jacques] Vermeylen suggests that Isaiah 11:1-5, which depends upon the preceding oracles, comes from the … Continue reading
Comps: Mishnah for the Future?
Source: Ben Zion Wacholder, Messianism and Mishnah: Time and Place in the Early Halakhah (Hebrew Union College, 1978). Wacholder’s thesis seems to be that many of the Mishnah’s laws were intended for the Messianic period, when the temple will be … Continue reading
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