Isaiah 56:1-8

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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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  • 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• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • "Unity and Community," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
  • 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, 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?"
• Articles & Background:
  • "Isaiah 56:1-8 and the Redefining of the Restoration Judean Community," Clinton E. Hammock. Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2000.
    • "This article argues that the prophetic oracle of Isaiah 56:1-8 was intended to redefine the social boundaries of the Judean community in the early second temple period."
  • "Homosexuality and the Message of Isaiah: Open-Door Policy," Frederick J. Gaiser, The Christian Century, 2006.
    • "Isaiah overturned a biblical directive. Does that example illumine today's debate on homosexuality?"
  • "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?"
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  • Bell, John L., "God's Good Gift," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
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  • Bloomer, Nancy, "Starting Over," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
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  • Brenner, Daniel S., "Late-Night Covenants: A Jewish Perspective on Sinai and Study," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
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  • Gaiser, Frederick J., "Homosexuality and the Message of Isaiah: Open-Door Policy," The Christian Century, 2006.
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  • Gaiser, Frederick J., "A New Word on Homosexuality? Isaiah 56:1-8 as Case Study," Word & World, 1994.
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  • Gosse, Bernard, "Sabbath, Identity and Universalism Go Together after the Return from Exile," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
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  • Kravitz, Leonard S., "Joy for Jews," The Living Pulpit, 2006. (see Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
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  • Simundson, Daniel J., "Comfort and Challenge: Prophetic Preaching in Pentecost," Word & World, 1996. (Section on this text begins on page 371.)
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• Sermons:
  • "Who Gets to Enter the Temple?" the Rev. William Blake Rider, Day 1, 2006.
  • "The Trouble with God's Love," John Jewell, 1999.
• 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.)
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• Liturgy:
  • Call to Worship, Isaiah 56:5, Mental Health & Disabilities Program, Mennonite Central Committee, Canada.
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art, Isaiah 56:7, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
• Hymns and Music:
  • At Oremus Hymnal:
    • God of mercy, God of grace
    • I cannot tell why he, whom angels
    • We the Lord's people, heart and voice uniting
    • We love the place, O God
  • "Come Gather," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
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