Isaiah 51:1-11

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Isaiah 51:1-11

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Reading the Text:

	NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
	The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
	The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
	The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.

Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:

Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit

	"Crossing the Waters"
	"The Kingdom of Heaven"

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, 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.

Articles & Background:

Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):

	Akinade, Akintunde E., "On Sacred Trust: Covenant from an African Perspective," The Living Pulpit, 2005. Image Browse - PDF
	Dozeman, Thomas B., "The Priestly Vocation," Interpretation, 2005.\| Image Browse - PDF
	Finley, John, "Isaiah 51:1-3 -- Liberty's Rock, Freedom's Quarry," Review & Expositor, 1998. Image Browse - PDF
	Hutton, Jeremy M., "Isaiah 51:9-11 and the Rhetorical Appropriation and Subversion of Hostile Theologies," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007. Image Browse - PDF
	Jacobson, Howard, "A Note on Isaiah 51:6," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1995. Image Browse - PDF
	Janzen, J. Gerald, "An Echo of the Shema in Isaiah 51:1-3," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1989. Image Browse - PDF
	Simundson, Daniel J., "Comfort and Challenge: Prophetic Preaching in Pentecost," Word & World, 1996. (Section on this text begins on page 372.) Image Browse - PDF

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:

At Oremus Hymnal:

	All hail the power of Jesus' name
	God is working his purpose out
	Jesus, where'er thy people meet
	King of glory, King of peace
	The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want

Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Isaiah 51:3, 9. The Cyber Hymnal.

At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):

Marching to Zion

Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:

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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