Summary Chapters 40–55 in the Book of Isaiah are believed to be the work of a prophet who lived with the Hebrew exiles during the Babylonian captivity. Be
5 One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 6 Thus says the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the fi...
As you read Isaiah, read for meaning and comprehension. That's a given. But don't stop there. Read it also to enjoy the highest literary style in the entire Bible, literature that is considered world-class nearly 3,000 years later. George L. Robinson said, "For versatility of expression...
To look at the spiritual side, figs are “cursed” fruit as they who are of the works of the law are under the “curse” of the law. There is a very deep spiritual meaning to this passage that requires much study and I don’t have room enough here to explain. However, if you beg...
This is a Hebrew word probably meaning “burning ones” (cf. the fiery serpents in ... Isa 6:3 6:3 Holy, holy, holy. A three-fold repetition is the strongest sort of superlative. Nothing is... Isa 6:5 6:5 Woe is me. Isaiah was astonished by the glory of...
I offered up defenses against both the Psychological argument that suggests a collection like Isaiah 40-66 would have no real meaning for recipients supposed to live during Isaiah’s years,[1]and the Style-shift argument which cannot imagine the same hand behind each work, in spite of...
Rather, it seems preferable, as I wish to propose here, to distinguish between the allusive–intertextual relations and their (literary) metaleptic meaning potential, on the one hand, and the postulated selective activations that contribute to an interpretation of the text containing allusions, on ...