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
• Whose Sour Grapes? The Addressees of Isaiah 5:1–7 in the Light of Political Economy - by Marvin L. Chaney, Semeia 87 (1999) 105–122

Isaiah 6

• A Bitter Memory: Isaiah’s Commission in Isaiah 6:1–13 - by A. Joseph Everson, SBL seminar paper (2004)
• Does Isaiah 40:1–11 Answer to Isaiah 6? Spectrality and Autonomy in Deutero-Isaiah - by Francis Landy (2004)
• La prosopopée, les pseudo-citations et la vocation d'Isaïe (Is 6,9–10) - by Jan Joosten, Biblica 82.2 (2001) 232–243
• The Infinite in a Finite Organical Perception (Isaiah VI 1–5) - by Lyle Eslinger, Vetus Testamentum 45 (1995) 145–73
• 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)
• Textwelt, Kontextbezug und historische Situation in Jesaja 7 - by Wolfgang Oswald, Biblica 89.2 (2008) 201–220
• 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

• Isaiah liii.11 and Its Echoes - by Leslie C. Allen, Vox Evangelica 1 (1962) 2–48
• Vom Prophetinnenwort zum Prophetenbuch: Jesaja 8,3f im Context von Jesaja 6,1–8,16 - by Ernst Axel Knauf, lectio difficilior 2 (2000)

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 27

• The Crooked Serpent - by F. F. Bruce, Evangelical Quarterly 20 (1948) 283–288

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 33

• ‘He Filled Zion with Justice and Righteousness’. The Composition of Isaiah 33 - by C. Balogh, Biblica 89.4 (2008) 477–504

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

• Does Isaiah 40:1–11 Answer to Isaiah 6? Spectrality and Autonomy in Deutero-Isaiah - by Francis Landy (2004)
• 'Ich gebe Jerusalem einen Freudenboten': Synchrone und diachrone Beobachtungen zu Jes 41,27 - by Ulrich Berges, Biblica 87 (2006) 319–337

Isaiah 45

• Cyrus the Messiah? The Historical Background to Isaiah 45:1 - by Lisbeth Fried, Harvard Theological Review 95 (2002) 373–393
• 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 Myth of the Dragon and Old Testament Faith - by John N. Oswalt, Evangelical Quarterly 49.3 (1977) 163–172
• 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 52–53

• 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)
• The Atonement in Isaiah’s Fourth Servant Song (Isaiah 52:13–53:12) - by Peter J. Gentry, Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 11.2 (2007) 20–47

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 61

• Reasoning through the Prophetic: A Reading of Isaiah 61, Leviticus 25 and Luke 4:16 - by Randi Rashkover, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 6.l (2006)
• Response to Randi Rashkover (1) - by J. Ben Quash, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 6.1 (2006)
• Response to Randi Rashkover (2): This Land Is Your Land - by Willie Young, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 6.1 (2006)

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)

Bibliography

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

Composition

• Scholar says he has proof Second Isaiah was a woman - The Ottawa Citizen (31 March 1999)
• The Unity of Isaiah: Evidence from Chapters 36–39 - by J. Barton Payne, Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society 6 (May 1963) 50–56

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)

Literary Features

• Function of Imagery in Isaiah - by Peter D. Miscall, SBL seminar paper (2006)
• Isaiah and the Transition from Prophecy to Apocalyptic - by Ronald S. Hendel, pp. 261–279 in Birkat Shalom: Studies in the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Literature, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M. Paul (ed. C. Cohen et al.; Eisenbrauns, 2008)
• 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

Terminology

• The Idiom קרא בשם in Second Isaiah - by Chayim Cohen, Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 1/1 (1968) 32–34

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)
• Blenkinsopp, Jospeh, Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity (Eerdmans, 2006) - reviewed by Riemer Roukema, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• 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)
• Dekker, Jaap, Zion's Rock-Solid Foundations: An Exegetical Study of the Zion Text in Isaiah 28:16 (Brill, 2007) - reviewed by Máire Byrne, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Dille, Sarah J., Mixing Metaphors: God as Mother and Father in Deutro-Isaiah (Clark, 2004) - reviewed by Marjo Korpel, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Goldingay, John and David Payne, Isaiah 40-55: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark, 2006) - reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Hibbard, J. Todd, Intertextuality in Isaiah 24–27: The Reuse and Evocation of Earlier Texts and Traditions (Mohr Siebeck, 2006) - reviewed by Jeffery M. Leonard, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• 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)
• Wilken, Robert Louis, ed., Isaiah: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators (Eerdmans, 2007) - reviewed by J. David Cassel, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• 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)