Isaiah 51:1-11
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers; Isaiah 51:2,3," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1881.
- "A Prospect of Revival; Isaiah 51:3," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1916.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Isaiah 51:1-6, Michel Ruffin, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- "Sometimes we look at our situation and know we’re in trouble."
- Commentary, Isaiah 51:1-6, Patricia Tull, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "Just as the Matthew passage for the day deals with identity, so does this short passage from the exilic section of the book of Isaiah."
- Commentary, Isaiah 51:1-6, Ingrid Lilly, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "Large transitions disorient us. Moving, changing jobs, personal transitions...all of these mix up our lives by taking us out of our patterns. "
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Commentary,
Isaiah 51:1-6, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "Isaiah 51 emphatically seeks to break open an unimaginable future. Expectations are reversed; life is to be changed."
-
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Comfort and Challenge: Prophetic
Preaching in Pentecost, Daniel J. Simundson,
Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Seminary,
1996.
- "We look to the past to find hope for the future."
- Isaiah 51:1-6, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- Commentary, Isaiah 51:1-6, Michel Ruffin, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Akinade, Akintunde E.,
"On Sacred Trust: Covenant from an African Perspective," The Living
Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dozeman, Thomas B.,
"The Priestly Vocation," Interpretation, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Finley, John, "Isaiah 51:1-3 --
Liberty's Rock, Freedom's Quarry," Review & Expositor, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hutton, Jeremy M., "Isaiah 51:9-11
and the Rhetorical Appropriation and Subversion of Hostile Theologies,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jacobson, Howard, "A Note on Isaiah
51:6," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Janzen, J. Gerald, "An Echo of the
Shema in Isaiah 51:1-3," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Simundson, Daniel
J., "Comfort and Challenge: Prophetic Preaching in Pentecost,"
Word &
World, 1996. (Section on this text begins on page 372.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Akinade, Akintunde E.,
"On Sacred Trust: Covenant from an African Perspective," The Living
Pulpit, 2005.
- Sermons:
- Reviews:
- 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.
- With Children:
- "Abraham Is the Rock from Which We Are Chipped," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Interpreting Isaiah 51:16, Student Quilt Project, at Biblische Ausbildung, Dr. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- At Oremus Hymnal:
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Isaiah 51:3, 9. The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
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- Interpreting Isaiah 51:16, Student Quilt Project, at Biblische Ausbildung, Dr. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary.
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah
