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• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts: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