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Isaiah 63:7-9
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Part 40, On the Incarnation of the Word,
Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The prophet speaks this to move the
people to remember God's benefits in times past, that they may be
confirmed in their troubles." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "The only-begotten Son of the Father
became the Angel or Messenger of his love; thus he redeemed and bare them
with tenderness." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes. |
| The
Tender Mercies of God, Edward Griffin, c. 1830. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
| "Exposition of Isaiah
63-64," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892. |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Isaiah 63:7-9, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W.
Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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The Old Testament Readings: 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 coming of the Lord is, at
its heart, no romantic story of a cherub-like child born in innocent
but rustic surrounds... The coming of the Lord is always in the
midst of the most horrid, bloody endeavours humans can conceive to
execute against even the most innocent." |
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Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church
in Australia.
| "This 'hesed' (steadfast love) of God is what
brings forth our praises." |
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"The
Presence that Saves," Expository Essay, Dr. William R. Long.
| "It is God's love and compassion
that motivated the deliverance." |
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"A Savior
for a World in Distress," Ron Starenko, Sabbatheology.
| "Favored we are, then, for no
other reason than to be a redeemed people with a mission like our
Lord, to announce the presence of a Savior for a world in distress,
that Jesus, the Holy Innocent, did not die in vain, rising as Lord
and King." |
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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.):
| Burnett, Joel S.,
"The Question of Divine Absence in Israelite and West Semitic Religion,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
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| Copenhaver, Martin B., "Jesus' Other
Parent," Journal for Preachers, 2007. (Sermon)
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| Niskanen, Paul,
"YHWH as Father, Redeemer, and Potter in Isaiah 63:7-64:11,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006.
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| Webster, Edwin C.,
"The Rhetoric of Isaiah 63-65," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1990.
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| Winter, P., "Isaiah 63:9 (Gk.) and the Passover
Haggadah," Vetus Testamentum, 1954.
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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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