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Isaiah 58:1-12
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 | Reading the Text:
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Chapter III
of the Epistle of Barnabas.
(ca. 130) |
| Commandment X.2,
Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145) |
| Chapter XXXV,
The First Apology of Justin
Martyr. (c 150) |
| Chapter XV, Dialogue
With Trypho, Justin Martyr.
(c 160) |
| IV.XVII.3, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
| Chapter IX, Adversus
Judaeos, Tertullian
(c. 198) |
| Chapter XI, Exhortation
to the Greeks, Clement of
Alexandria (c 200) |
| I.9, III.12, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| II.18, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| II.19, Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 208) |
| IV.12, IV.16, IV.17, IV.31, IV.37, Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 210) |
| Chapter
XXVII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian
(c. 211) |
| Concerning
Works and Almsgiving -- Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 252) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The Lord thus speaks to the
prophet willing him to use all diligence and severity to rebuke the
hypocrites." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "We all need earnestly to pray
for God's assistance in examining ourselves. Men may go far toward
heaven, yet come short; and they may go to hell with a good
reputation." |
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| From Wesley's
Notes.
| "There are many men who take
some pleasure in knowing God's will and word, and yet do not conform
their lives to it." |
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| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Faith in the Old Testament: Pentateuch and Prophets for Pentecost,"
Mark Hillmer, Word & World Texts in Context, 1998.
| "The Series C texts before us, readings
from the Pentateuch and the Prophets for Pentecost 6 - 17 ..., present
both faith and questioning, glorious certainty and cantankerous doubt.
These were people like us." |
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"Is Economic Globalization Good News?"
study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Global Wealth," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2007. |
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"Let Your Light
Shine!" Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "Third Isaiah pointed to positive
attitude and charitable action as the ways to shine. Should we not do the
same?" |
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| "Commentary
on Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12): 5th Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A),"
Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
| "No more than in
ancient Israel can we simply spiritualize this and say to the hungry and
the poor and the naked that we will be praying for their souls. We are
called as God’s people to meet the needs of a hurting world on the
level of those needs, now." |
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| Articles & Background: |
| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Bruckner, James K., "Justice in Scripture," Ex
Auditu, 2006.?
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| Chase-Ziolek, Mary,
"Repairing, Restoring, and Revisioning the Health of Our Communities: The
Challenge of Isaiah 58," Ex Auditu, 2005. |
| Dickson, Kwesi A.,
"He Is God Because He Cares," International Review of Mission,
1988. |
| Gathje, Peter R., "Shalom and a
Consistent Ethic of Life," The Living Pulpit, 2006.
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| Hillmer, Mark,
"Faith in the Old Testament: Pentateuch and Prophets for Pentecoast,"
Word & World, 1998. |
| Hurowitz, Victor Avigdor,
"A Forgotten Meaning of NEPEŠ in Isaiah 58:10," Vetus
Testamentum, 1997. |
| Schroeder, Christoph,
"'Standing in the Breach,' Turning Away the Wrath of God,"
Interpretation, 1998. |
| Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia,
"The Watchman Metaphor in Isaiah LVI-LXVI," Vetus Testamentum,
2005. |
| Williamson, H.G.M.,
"Promises, Promises! Some Exegetical Reflections on Isaiah 58," Word
& World, 1999. |
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| Sermons:
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"We All Get
Healed," the Rev. Jim Wallis, Sojourners. 30 Good Minutes,
Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2000. |
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"The Holy
Spirit Who Speaks Through the Prophets," Fr. Richard Fragomeni,
Associate Professor of Liturgy and Homiletics at The Catholic Theological
Union of Chicago, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1998. |
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"When In Our Music God Is Glorified,"
Dean William Willimon,
Duke Chapel Sermon Archive, 1999. |
| "A
Blues People," Lynice Pinkard, Pacific School of Religion, 1999.
| "What was the true obstacle of these
men and women who had been enslaved in Egypt and then taken captive by the
Assyrians, been exiled in Babylonia, subjugated by the Medes and the
Persians and who would live to be enslaved, brutalized and tortured by the
Greeks, Romans and Europeans? The true obstacle facing the returning Jews
was hopelessness- hopelessness and lethargy, disillusionment and despair
that prevented common aims and ideals." |
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| The Time of Rain and Snow: Isaiah 54 - 58, by Ray C. Stedman.
Text or
Real Audio. |
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| Reviews:
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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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