Isaiah 56:1-8
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- 1.10, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- III.13, III.15, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- IV.12, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- 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).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Samuel Giere, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "Many people have sound reasons for disregarding or leaving church, not least of which is the insidious line-drawing done by Christians."
- Commentary,
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Ingrid Lilly, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "Imagine a trumpet bleating atop the highest peak to announce the gathering of all the peoples of the world."
- Commentary,
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Richard W. Nysse, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "The 'gathering' that was the return from exile was a deep and unexpected future for exilic Israel. When God's grace breaks in, there is no limit. Boundaries, even once necessary boundaries, explode."
-
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Comfort and Challenge: Prophetic
Preaching in Pentecost, Daniel J. Simundson,
Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Seminary,
1996.
- "Who are the eunuchs and foreigners of our day?"
-
Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Proper 15. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
- "Just when we thought we'd seen the limits of God's love, that love grows."
- Isaiah 56:1-8, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
-
"Spiritual
'Ears'," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "How have you grown your spiritual 'ears?' How have you integrated your prayer and moral life?"
-
"A New Word on Homosexuality? Isaiah 56:1-8 as Case Study,"
Frederick J. Gaiser, Word & World, 1994.
- "What enables the prophet to make such extravagant claims on behalf of God? How or why is the Torah legislation against eunuchs overturned?"
- Commentary,
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Samuel Giere, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- 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. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Bell, John L.,
"God's Good Gift," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bloomer, Nancy,
"Starting Over," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brenner, Daniel S.,
"Late-Night Covenants: A Jewish Perspective on Sinai and Study," The
Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gaiser, Frederick J., "Homosexuality
and the Message of Isaiah: Open-Door Policy," The Christian Century,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gaiser, Frederick J., "A New Word on Homosexuality?
Isaiah 56:1-8 as Case Study," Word & World, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Gosse, Bernard,
"Sabbath, Identity and Universalism Go Together after the Return from
Exile," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hoop, Raymond de, "The Interpretation of Isaiah 56:1-9: comfort or criticism?" Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Kravitz, Leonard S., "Joy for Jews," The Living Pulpit,
2006. (see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Schuele, Andreas, "Isaiah 56:1-8," Interpretation, 2011.
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 371.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bell, John L.,
"God's Good Gift," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
- Sermons:
- "Who Gets to Enter the Temple?" the Rev. William Blake Rider, Day 1, 2006.
- Reviews:
- Review: Leszek Ruszkowski, Volk und Gemeinde im Wandel: Eine Untersuchung zu Jesaja 56-66. (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000) Review by Roy D. Wells in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. (Review is in English.)
- With Children:
- Drama:
- Liturgy:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Isaiah 56:7, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- At Oremus Hymnal:
- "Come Gather," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah
