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Isaiah 49:8-16
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Chapter CXXII,
Dialogue With Trypho,
Justin
Martyr. (c 160) |
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V.XXXV.2, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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IV.13, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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V.III, The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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I.LIII, Against
Celsus,
Origen.
(c.246) |
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Book
VII, Chapter 11, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of
Caesarea, (c. 320). |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From the Geneva Notes. |
| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary. |
| From
Wesley's
Notes. |
| "Christ
in the Covenant; Isaiah 49:8," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
| "Exposition of Isaiah
49:13-26," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892. |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Isaiah 49:8-16a, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
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"Isaiah 40-66 uses female images for God more frequently than any
other Old Testament body of literature." |
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The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
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"...we remember that the wonderful
hope for God’s people, embodying as it does hope for all creation,
is only won through suffering and death, be it of the servant or
that which it foreshadows in Jesus the Christ." |
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Desert Scribblings, Isaiah 49:8-16a, Geoff McElroy.
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"We are the servants, the agents of the transformation God has
promised." |
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Commentary,
Pentecost 2, 2008. Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church
in Australia. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"'Our Mother who art in Heaven' -- challenging dominant masculinity,"
Wanjiru Kariuki, Online Journal, 2006. African perspective.
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"Thanks, in particular, to the critical effort of the
pamphlet, The War against Women, which has managed to bring
to the surface the dominance of male language used in reference to
God, that would have largely gone unnoticed, gender consciousness in
the church has begun." |
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"The Feminist Critique of God-Language," Neil Gillman,
MyJewishLearning.com. Reprinted from Jewish Lights. |
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Female Images
of God in the Bible, compiled by the Women's Ordination Conference. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Brettler, Marc Zvi, "Incompatible
Metaphors for YHWH in Isaiah 40-66," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1998. (See especially section beginning on p. 115.)
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| Roberts, Kathryn L.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Isaiah 49:14-18," Interpretation, 2003.
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| Witvliet, John D., "Isaiah in Christian Liturgy:
Recovering Textual Contrasts and Correcting Theological Astigmatism,"
Calvin Theological Journal, 2004.
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| Reviews:
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Review:
Jim W. Adams, The Performative Nature and Function of Isaiah 40-55.
T&T Clark, 2006. Review by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Review of Biblical
Literature, 2008. |
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| With Children:
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"God's Tattoo," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald
McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland. |
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