The Theology of the Book of Isaiah.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: The Theologies in Isaiah -- 1 Isaiah 1-12 -- Faithfulness in the Exercise of Power -- Holiness -- Trust -- Darkness and Light -- Putting Down and Raising Up -- Things Move Forward, but What Goes Around Comes Around -- A Note on Isaiah's Role in the New Testament -- 2 Isaiah 13-27 -- The Nations (Isaiah 13-23) -- The Day of Yahweh -- The Archetypal Superpower -- Hope for the Nations -- The Whole Cosmos (Isaiah 24-27) -- Land, City and Supernatural Powers -- The Celebration of Life -- The Appropriate Response(s) -- 3 Isaiah 28-39 -- Life and Death, Truth and Lies, Insight and Stupidity -- Yahweh's Dilemma -- Reversal and Restoration -- Trust (Again) -- 4 Isaiah 40-55 -- Yahweh Alone Is God -- Israel Is Yahweh's Servant and Witness -- Cyrus My Shepherd, My Anointed -- A Prophet as Yahweh's Servant -- An Offering to Make -- The Transformed City and the Covenant People -- 5 Isaiah 56-66 -- A Prophet as Yahweh's Anointed -- The Nations' Destiny -- The Position of Foreigners -- Prayer -- True Religion -- Who Are Yahweh's Servants? -- Part Two: The Theology That Emerges from Isaiah -- 6 Revelation: Words from Yahweh Mediated Through Human Agents -- 7 The God of Israel, the Holy One, Yahweh Armies -- 8 Holy as Upright and Merciful -- 9 Israel and Judah -- 10 Jerusalem and Zion Critiqued and Threatened -- 11 Jerusalem and Zion Chastised and Restored -- 12 The Remains -- 13 The Nations -- 14 The Empires and Their Kings -- 15 Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility -- 16 Divine Planning and Human Planning -- 17 David -- 18 Yahweh's Day -- Notes -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press.

What should we make of the sprawling and puzzling book of Isaiah--so layered and complex in its composition? John Goldingay helps us see, hear and understand the grandeur of this prophetic masterpiece among the Prophets as both separate parts and as a whole, clearly tied together with unifying themes.

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