Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Isaiah

Introduction/Reference

• Isaiah and Micah - chapter 18 of Gerald A. Larue, Old Testament Life and Literature (1968)
• Life and Literature of the Late Period - chapter 23 of Gerald A. Larue, Old Testament Life and Literature (1968)

Isaiah 1

• The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1-43) and Isaianic Prophecies: A Case of Early Intertextuality? - by R. Bergey, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28.1 (2003) 33-54; abstract with full text options

Isaiah 5

• The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1-43) and Isaianic Prophecies: A Case of Early Intertextuality? - by R. Bergey, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28.1 (2003) 33-54; abstract with full text options

Isaiah 6

• The Infinite in a Finite Organical Perception (Isaiah VI 1-5) - by Lyle Eslinger, Vetus Testamentum 45 (1995) 145-73
• La prosopopée, les pseudo-citations et la vocation d'Isaïe (Is 6,9-10) - by Jan Joosten, Biblica 82.2 (2001) 232-243
• Their Hearts Were Hardened: The Use of Isaiah 6,9-10 in the Book of Isaiah - by J. L. McLaughlin, Biblica 75 (1994); abstract

Isaiah 7

• A Study of Isaiah 7:14 - by Robert G. Bratcher, The Bible Translator 9 (1958) 97-126
• The Linkage between Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6 - by Harold R. Holmyard, Journal of Biblical Studies 1.1 (2001)
• Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns in 743-732 B.C.: Historical Background of Isa 7; 2 Kgs 15-16 and 2 Chr 27-28 - by Peter Dubovsky, Biblica 87.2 (2006) 153-170

Isaiah 8

• Vom Prophetinnenwort zum Prophetenbuch: Jesaja 8,3f im Context von Jesaja 6,1-8,16 - by Ernst Axel Knauf, lectio difficilior 2 (2000); choose HTML or PDF

Isaiah 9

• The Linkage between Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6 - by Harold R. Holmyard, Journal of Biblical Studies 1.1 (2001)

Isaiah 23

• Satire in Isaiah’s Tyre Oracle - by R. Lessing, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28.1 (2003) 89-112; abstract with full text options
• ‘Tarshish Has Perished’: The Crux of Isaiah 23,10 (PDF) - by Michael L. Barré, Biblica 85 (2004) 115-119
• Tyre's "70 Years" in Isaiah 23,15-18 - by Mark Leuchter, Biblica 87 (2006) 412-417

Isaiah 26

• The Grammar of Resurrection in Isaiah 26:19a-c - Philip C. Schmitz, Journal of Biblical Literature 122.1 (2003) 145-149

Isaiah 28

• The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1-43) and Isaianic Prophecies: A Case of Early Intertextuality? - by R. Bergey, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28.1 (2003) 33-54; abstract with full text options

Isaiah 30

• The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1-43) and Isaianic Prophecies: A Case of Early Intertextuality? - by R. Bergey, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28.1 (2003) 33-54; abstract with full text options

Isaiah 35

• Isaiah 35: Exposition and Biblical Theology - by Robert Asher, Chafer Theological Seminary Journal 8.2 (2002) 2-25

Isaiah 38

• The Openness of God: Does Prayer Change God? - by William D. Barrick, The Master's Seminary Journal 12 (2001) 149-166

Isaiah 40-55

• Comfort for Jerusalem: The Second Isaiah as Counselor to Refugees - by William S. Morrow, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Summer 2004)
• The Concept of Election and Second Isaiah: Recent Literature - by Joel S. Kaminsky, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2001)

Isaiah 40

• The Parallelism of Greater Precision: Notes from Isaiah 40 for a Theory of Hebrew Poetry - by David J. A. Clines, published in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967-1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 314-36

Isaiah 41

• 'Ich gebe Jerusalem einen Freudenboten': Synchrone und diachrone Beobachtungen zu Jes 41,27 - by Ulrich Berges, Biblica 87 (2006) 319-337

Isaiah 45

• Is God the Author of Evil? - by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., in Hard Sayings of the Bible (IVP, 1996)

Isaiah 49

• Gottes Tattoo: Jerusalem. Die Jerusalem-Verheißung - by Dagmar Stoltmann, Biblisches Forum (1/1998)
• My Servant, You Are Israel: A Study in Canonical Reading (Isaiah 49) - by Christopher R. Seitz (RealAudio)
• Re-examining the Referent(s) of Isaiah 49:1-13 - by David Kummerow, SEE-J Hiphil 2 (2005)

Isaiah 51

• The Sweetness of the Cup: Is. 51:17-23; Mt. 26:26-30, 36-46 - by Philip G. Ryken, Kerux 9.3 (1994); full text

Isaiah 53

• A Consideration of Difficulties in the Hebrew Text of Isaiah 53:11 - by Islwyn Blythin, The Bible Translator 17 (1966) 27- 31
• For What Did Christ Atone in Isaiah 53:4-5 - by Richard L. Mayhue, The Master's Seminary Journal 6.2 (1995)

Isaiah 56

• Isaiah 56:1-8 and the Redefining of the Restoration Judean Community - by Clinton E. Hammock, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Summer 2000)

Isaiah 57

• Where Is YHWH in Isaiah 57,14-15? - S. W. Flynn, Biblica 87 (2006) 358-370

Isaiah 59

• "And YHWH saw and was displeased": Mediation as human responsibility (Isaiah 59) ( HTML | PDF ) - by Mercedes L. García Bachmann, lectio dificilior (2005)

Isaiah 65

• The Haughtiness of the Priesthood (PDF) - by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Biblica 85 (2004) 237-244

Art/Illustration

• The Prophet Isaiah - by Raphael (1511-12)

Authorship

• Scholar says he has proof Second Isaiah was a woman - The Ottawa Citizen (31 March 1999)

Bibliography

• Isaiah Bibliography - compiled by Victor H. Matthews, Southwest Missouri State University

Dead Sea Scrolls

• 1QIs^a - Isaiah scroll (MoellerHaus)
• 1QIs^b - Isaiah scroll (Orion Center)
• 4QpIsa^b - Isaiah commentary (USC West Semitic Research Project)
• Commentary on Isaiah
• Great Isaiah Scroll Directory - photographs, translation, and discussion
• The servant tradition of Isaiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls - by Otto Betz, Journal of Semitics 7/1 (1995)

General Articles and Essays

• Die Armen in Buch Jesaja. Ein Betrag zur Literaturgeschichte des AT - by U. Berges, Biblica 80 (1999); full text
• The Book of Isaiah: Theses and Hypotheses - by J. Clinton McCann, Jr., Biblical Theology Bulletin (Fall 2003)
• Undisclosed Speech: Patterns of Communication in the Book of Isaiah (HTML | PDF) - by Hannah Liss, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 4.4 (2002)

Septuagint Version

• Economic Plunder as a Leitmotif in LXX-Isaiah - by Ronald L. Troxel, Biblica 83 (2002) 375-391

Pedagogy

• Teaching Isaiah 40-55 in "The Bible as Literature" - by Anna K. Juhnke, Bethel College, CCCU New Faculty Workshop Project (1983)

Syllabi

• B-724 Deutero-Isaiah - taught by J. Gerald Janzen, Christian Theological Seminary
• REL 376 Special Topics in Old Testament: The Book of Isaiah - taught by Paul Redditt, Georgetown College

Book Reviews

• Akpunonu, Peter Damian, The Overture of the Book of Consolations: (Isaiah 40:1-11) (Lang, 2004)
  • Reviewed by Jacques Vermeylen, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by James Kennedy, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Alobaidi, Joseph, The Messiah in Isaiah 53: The Commentaries of Saadia Gaon, Salmon ben Yerubam and Yefet ben Eli on Is 52:13-53:12 (Peter Lang, 1998) - reviewed by Sara Mandell, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Baer, David A., When We All Go Home: Translation and Theology in LXX Isaiah 56-66 (Sheffield, 2001) - reviewed by Arie Van Der Kooij, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Baltzer, Klaus, Deutero-Isaiah: A Commentary on Isaiah 40-55 (ed. Peter Machinist; trans. Margaret Kohl; Hermeneia; Fortress, 2001)
  • Reviewed by Benjamin D. Sommer, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Rienhard Kratz, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Response by Klaus Baltzer, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Beuken, Willem A. M. (trans. Brian Doyle), Isaiah: Vol. 2, Part 2: Isaiah 28-39 (Peeters, 2000) - reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Blenkinsopp, Joseph, Isaiah 1-39: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 2000)
  • Reviewed by Francis Landy, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Thomas L. Leclerc, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Blenkinsopp, Joseph, Isaiah 40-55: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 2002)
  • Reviewed by Thomas L. LeClerc, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Francis Landy, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Blenkinsopp, Joseph, Isaiah 56-66: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 2003)
  • Reviewed by Brooks Schramm, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Charles Carter, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Brueggemann, Walter, Isaiah 1-39 and Isaiah 40-66 (Westminster John Knox, 1998) - reviewed by John F. Craghan, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Spring 2000)
• Childs, Brevard, The Struggle to Understand Isaiah as Christian Scripture (Eerdmans, 2004) - reviewed by Randall Heskett, Anglical Theological Review (Summer 2006)
• Dille, Sarah J., Mixing Metaphors: God as Mother and Father in Deutro-Isaiah (Clark, 2004) - reviewed by Marjo Korpel, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Janowski, Bernd and Peter Stuhlmacher, eds., The Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53 in Jewish and Christian Sources (Eerdmans, 2004)
  • Reviewed by Roger Nam, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by William Barker, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Kim, Hyun Chul Paul, Ambiguity, Tension, and Multiplicity in Deutero-Isaiah (Lang, 2003) - reviewed by Mitchel Modine, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Koole, Jan L., Isaiah, Part 3, Volume 2: Isaiah 49-55 (Peeters, 1998) - reviewed by H. G. M. Williamson, Review of Biblical Literature (2001)
• Labahn, Antje, Wort Göttes und Schuld Israels. Untersuchungen zu Motiven deuteronomistischer Theologie im Deuterojesajabuch mit einem Ausblick auf das Verhältnis von Jes 40-55 zum Deuteronomismus (W. Kohlhammer, 1999) - reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• LeClerc, Thomas L., Yahweh is Exalted in Justice: Solidarity and Conflict in Isaiah (Fortress, 2001) - reviewed by Hyun Chul Paul Kim, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Lessing, R. Reed, Interpreting Discontinuity: Isaiah’s Tyre Oracle (Pryor Pettingill/Eisenbrauns, 2004)
  • Reviewed by John Engle, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by W. A. M. Beuken, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Lohfink, Norbert and Erich Zenger (eds.), The God of Israel and the Nations: Studies in Isaiah and the Psalms (Liturgical Press, 2000) - reviewed by Patrick D. Miller, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Person, Raymond F., The Kings-Isaiah and Kings-Jeremiah Recensions - reviewed by Hermann-Josef Stipp, TC 3 (1998)
• Quinn-Miscall, Peter D., Reading Isaiah: Poetry and Vision (Westminster John Knox, 2001)
  • Reviewed by C. Jason Borders, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by John F. Craghan, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Spring 2003)
• Ruszkowski, Leszek, Volk und Gemeinde im Wandel: Eine Untersuchung zu Jesaja 56-66 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000) - reviewed by Roy D. Wells, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Sawyer, John F. A., The Fifth Gospel: Isaiah in the History of Christianity (Cambridge, 1996) - reviewed by R. Kendall Soulen, Anglican Theological Review (Fall 1997)
• Schroeder, Christoph O., History, Justice, & the Agency of God: A Hermeneutical & Exegetical Investigation on Isaiah & Psalms (Brill, 2001) - reviewed by W. H. Bellinger, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Waard, Jan de, A Handbook on Isaiah (Eisenbrauns, 1997) - reviewed by Johan Lust, TC 5 (2000)
• Williamson, H.G.M., Variations on a Theme: King, Messiah and Servant in the Book of Isaiah (Paternoster, 1998)
  • Reviewed by David W. Baker, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
  • Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)