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Isaiah 52:7 - 53:12
 | Reading the Text:
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
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| Text From "The Coming Of
Melchizedek," 11Q13 of the Dead Sea Scrolls. |
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Chapter VIII,
The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians,
Ignatius of Antioch
(c. 110). (Longer Version - 4th cent interpolation) |
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Chapter X,
The Epistle of Polycarp to the
Philippians,
Polycarp of Smyrna
(c 115). |
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Chapter V of the
Epistle of Barnabas.
(ca. 130) |
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Chapter L,
Chapter LI, The
First Apology of
Justin Martyr.
(c 150) |
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Chapter XIII,
Chapter XVII,
Chapter XLII,
Chapter XLIII,
Chapter LXIII,
Chapter XCVII,
Chapter CXI,
Chapter CXIV,
Chapter CXVIII,
Dialogue With Trypho,
Justin Martyr.
(c 160) |
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II.XXVIII.5,
III.XII.8,
III.XIII.1,
III.XIX.2,
IV.XXIII.2,
IV.XXXIII.1, 11, 12,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter IX,
Chapter X,
Chapter XIII,
Chapter XIV,
Adversus Judaeos,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter XVIII,
On
Baptism,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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I.8,
III.1,
Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria
(c 200) |
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II.5,
II.6,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria
(c 200)
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III.7,
III.17,
III.19,
III.22,
III.23,
Against Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 209) |
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IV.8,
IV.10,
IV.13,
IV.14,
IV.21,
IV.34,
IV.40,
IV.42,
Against Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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Chapter XIV,
Chapter XVIII,
On
Idolatry,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter IX,
Chapter XV,
On the Flesh of Christ,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter XX,
On the Resurrection of the
Flesh,
Tertullian (c. 211) |
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V.2,
V.5,
V.18,
Against Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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Concerning Flight in Persecution
(paragraph 12)
Tertullian (c. 212) |
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Chapter XI,
Chapter XIII,
Chapter XXX,
Against Praxeas,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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Chapter XVIII,
On
Modesty,
Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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II.VI.4,
First Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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V.II,
The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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I.11,
I.15,
Commentary on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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VI.35,
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of
Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen.
(c.230) |
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I.LIV,
II.LIX,
VI.LXXV,
VII.XVI,
VIII.LIV,
Against Celsus,
Origen
(c. 246) |
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XII.29,
XII.30,
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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Epistle VI --
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 250) |
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On
the Lapsed
--
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 251) |
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I.2,
Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320). |
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Part
34, On the Incarnation of the Word,
Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318. |
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Statement of Faith,
Athanasius of
Alexandria, c. 330. |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
Chapter 53. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 53. (c.
1599)
 | "The prophets who are
your watchmen will publish your deliverance: this was begun under
Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah, but was accomplished under Christ." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
Chapter 53.
(c.1700)
| "His ministers proclaim
these good tidings: keeping themselves clean from the pollutions of the
world, they are beautiful to those to whom they are sent." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
Chapter.
53. John Wesley (1703-1791)
| "The mountains -
Of Judea, to which these glad tidings were brought, and from which they
were spread abroad into other countries." |
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| He
Poured Out His Soul, from The Poor Man's Portions, Robert Hawker, c.
1800.
| "Now, my soul, let this
day's meditation be sacred to the view of thy Redeemer pouring out his
soul unto death." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 53.
| "...good tidings--only
partially applying to the return from Babylon. Fully, and antitypically,
the Gospel (Lu
2:10, 11), "beginning at Jerusalem" (Lu
24:17), "the city of the great King" (Mt
5:35), where Messiah shall, at the final restoration of Israel,
"reign" as peculiarly Zion's God ("Thy God
reigneth"; compare Ps
2:6)." |
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| "The
Great Revival; Isaiah 52:10," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1858.
| "My heart is glad
within me this day, for I am the bearer of good tidings. My soul has
been made exceedingly full of happiness, by the tidings of a great
revival of religion throughout the United States." |
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| "The
Death of Christ; Isaiah 53:10," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1858.
| "Beloved, it is not
only true that God did design and did permit with willingness the death
of Christ; it is moreover, true that the unutterable agonies that
clothed the death of the Saviour with superhuman terror, were the effect
of the Father's bruising of Christ in very act and deed." |
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| "The
Vanguard and Reward of the Church; Isaiah 52:12," Charles H. Spurgeon,
1859.
| "I see the church
emerge, as it were, from the bowels of Christ." |
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| "Friend
of Sinners; Isaiah 53:12," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1862.
| "A vague notion is
abroad in the world that the benefit of Christ's passion is intended
only for good people. The preaching of some ministers, and the talk of
some professors, would lead the uninstructed to imagine that Christ came
into the world to save the righteous, to call the godly to repentance,
and to heal those who never were sick." |
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| "Expiation;
Isaiah 53:10," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1864.
| "If I am to be cast
into hell merely that I am to teach to others the tremendousness of the
divine holiness, I shall say there is no justice in this; but if my sin
intrinsically and of itself deserves the wrath of God, and I am sent to
perdition as the result of this fact, I close my lips, and have nothing
to say." |
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| "The
Sheep Before the Shearers: Isaiah 53:7," Charles H. Spurgeon. From Farm
Sermons (c 1875).
| "Remember, first, that our Lord was dumb and opened
not his mouth against his adversaries, and did not accuse one of them of cruelty or
injustice." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (Good Friday), Charles L. Aaron, Jr., Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
| "Even though our passage has many seeming
parallels to Jesus' experience, we should not see this passage as a
'prediction' of Jesus' passion. The prophet wrote to the people of
his own time, presenting the 'suffering servant' as a means of
redemption for the experience of the exile." |
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Isaiah 52:7-10, Christmas,
Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Isaiah
52:7-10 (Christmas Day),
Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 (Good Friday), Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, B, C,
Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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The Old Testament Readings
(Isaiah 52:7-10, Christmas Day): 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.
| "It is important...to remember that
‘the salvation of our God’ that we see focussed in Christ belongs to the
ongoing work of God in all times and places, and among all peoples. It
is our part in this universal love of God that must lead us to ‘break
forth together in singing’ again this Christmas." |
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The Old Testament Readings
(Good Friday): 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.
| "The suffering servant figure,
especially in Isa. 52:13-53:12 has been a major influence on how
Christianity has understood the death of Jesus." |
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Commentary,
(Good Friday), Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church
in Australia. |
|
Commentary, Isaiah 53:1-9, Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder,
The African American Lectionary, 2008.
| "On the cross, Jesus was
despised, so that we might be valued. Jesus was rejected, so that we
might be accepted." |
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| Servant of the Lord: Verse
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
| "We should not let the
fact that the servant in this context most likely refers to the nation
of Israel lessen its importance for us or diminish its truth. The New
Testament writers understood this passage well." |
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|
Isaiah 53:4-12, (Pentecost 19) Studies on Old Testament texts from
Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
| "Pentecost
22B - Exegetical Notes on Isaiah 53:10-12," Douglas MacCallum
Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS - Indiana).
| "The prophecy that the
Messiah would "see a seed" following His self- sacrifice
promises both His own resurrection from death and His regeneration of
spiritual children through the creation of faith in His all-atoning
suffering unto death." |
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| "Come
Out of Babylon," David Inks, in Kerux: The Online Journal of
Biblical Theology (Reformed)
| "Babylon
is part and parcel of this world. It is part and parcel of this
age. The whole thing is coming under destruction." |
|
|
Zion Comforted,
(Advent) Interpreting the Book of Isaiah: Yahweh's Changeless Purpose in the Changing
History of Zion, Lee E. Snook, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1983.
| "If Yahweh is to rescue the captives in Babylon,
something other than the mediated presence of Yahweh (through priest,
prophet and king) will be required." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Suffering Servants," Waldemar Janzen, (other resources
at)
"Suffering," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2005.
| "In the prophets,
the suffering servant, and Jesus, the suffering of those called into
God's service is clothed with ever deepening significance." |
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"'By His Stripes We Are Healed,'" Bruce R Reichenbach,
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
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"If sin and sickness are conceptually connected, the
model of healing provides an appropriate way to address the human
predicament." |
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|
"Jesus
Christ Among Asian Minjung: A Christological Reflection," Dr. Kim Yong-Bock,
Hanil University and Theological School in Chonbuk, Korea, at
Religion OnLine.
| "The koinonia of life extends beyond the human community. Communication
which is rooted in the koinonia of life means the sharing of life by all in heaven, on the
earth and below the earth; the sharing of common perceptions about the reality of life and
the threat of death." |
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"Minjung
and Power: A Biblical and Theological Perspective on Doularchy
(Servanthood)," Kim Yong-Bock, at
Religion
OnLine.
| "Doularchy in 21st century politics should mean that the Minjung become a
comprehensive sovereign in the bond of servanthood, liberated and not enslaved, erect and
not bowed down. This means direct participation in authority and politics by the mutually
serving community for the enhancement of all life; it means the covenant solidarity of all
Minjung and all living things throughout the earth." |
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"'O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,' The Holy City," Peter Walker, Sojourners,
September/October 2000.
| "Belief in the city's holiness
has sometimes been used to legitimate unholy action." |
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| Allen, Ronald J.,
"Removing Anti-Jewish Toxins from Advent Preaching," The Living
Pulpit, 1997.
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| Barré, Michael L., S.S.,
"Textual and Rhetorical-critical Observations of the Last Servant Song
(Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12)," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2000.
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| Battenfield, James R.,
"Isaiah LIII 10: Taking an 'If' Out of the Sacrifice of the Servant,"
Vetus Testamentum, 1982.
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| Bergey, Ronald,
"The Rhetorical Role of Reiteration in the Suffering Servant Poem (Isa
52:13-53:12)," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,
1997.
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| Ceresko, Anthony R., O.S.F.S.,
"The Rhetorical Strategy of the Fourth Servant Song (Isaiah 52:13-53:12):
Poetry and the Exodus-New Exodus," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1994.
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| Chisholm, Robert B., Jr., "The Christological
Fulfillment of Isaiah's Servant Songs," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006.
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| Davies, Andrew, "Oratorio as
Exegesis: The Use of the Book of Isaiah in Handel's Messiah,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
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| Day, John,
"DA'AT 'Humiliation' in Isaiah LIII 11 in the Light of Isaiah LIII 3
and Daniel XII 4, and the Oldest Known Interpretation of the Suffering
Servant," Vetus Testamentum, 1980.
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| Gaiser, Frederick J.,
"A Preacher's Conversation with Second Isaiah," Word & World,
1994.
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| Joachimsen, Kristin, "Steck's Five Stories of teh
Servant in Isaiah 52:13-53:12, and Beyond," Vetus Testamentum,
2007.
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| Lindsey, F. Duane,
"The Career of the Servant in Isaiah 52:13-53:12," Bibliotheca Sacra,
1983.
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| Litwak, Kenneth,
"The Use of Quotations from Isaiah 52:13-53:12 in the New Testament,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1983.
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| Nelson, Susan L.,
"Facing Evil: Evil's Many Faces,"
Interpretation, 2003. (See also,
"Evil," issue focus,
Interpretation, 2003.)
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| Oswalt, John N.,
"Isaiah 52:13-53:12: Servant of All," Calvin Theological Journal, 2005.
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| Raabe, Paul R.,
"The Effect of Repetition in the Suffering Servant Song," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1984.
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| Reichenbach, Bruce R.,
"'By His Stripes We Are Healed'," Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 1998.
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| Snook, Lee E., "Interpreting the Book
of Isaiah: Yahweh's Changeless Purpose in the Changing History of Zion,"
Word & World, 1983.
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| Treves, Marco,
"Isaiah, LIII," Vetus Testamentum, 1974.
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| Walton, John H.,
"The Imagery of the Substitute King Ritual in Isaiah's Fourth Servant Song,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003.
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| Wilcox, Peter,
and David Paton-Williams,
"The Servant Songs in Deutero-Isaiah," Journal for the Study of the
Old Testament, 1988.
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| Williamson, H.G.M.,
"DA'AT in Isaiah LIII 11," Vetus Testamentum, 1978.
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| Wilshire, Leland Edward,
"The Servant-City: A New Interpretation of the 'Servant of the Lord' in the
Servant Songs of Deutero-Isaiah," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1975.
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| Sermons:
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| Reviews:
| Janowski, Bernd and Peter Stuhlmacher, editors, Bailey,
Daniel P., translator. The Suffering Servant:
Isaiah 53 in Jewish and Christian Sources. Eerdmans, 2004.
Reviews
by Roger Nam and William Barker, Journal of Biblical Literature,
2005. |
|
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:
|
"All of Us Were
Like Sheep that Had Wandered Off," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
|
"Christ's
Sacrifice Is Foretold,"
children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
|
"Scapegoat,"
"The Good
Shepherd," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com. |
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Isaiah 52:9,
memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and Resources for Bible Stories. |
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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| Hymns and Music:
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Hymns with Scripture
Allusions: Isaiah 52:2, 7, 10, 17; 53:1, 34, 5, 6, 7. The Cyber Hymnal. |
| Hymn selections (United Methodist)
and more from Hymnsite.com. |
|
Hymn
Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship. |
| At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke
files, projection text):
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies Listed at The Text This Week's
Movie Concordance:
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| Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah |
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