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Isaiah 64:1-9
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | "Pride
and Egotism," Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit. |
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Chapter XIX of the
Epistle of Barnabas.
(ca. 130) |
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Chapter XXV,
Dialogue With Trypho,
Justin Martyr.
(c 160) |
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V.XXXVI.3,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter VIII,
Exhortation to the Greeks,
Clement of Alexandria
(c 200) |
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II.4,
V.14,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria
(c 200) |
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Chapter X,
On Patience,
Tertullian
(c. 202) |
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III.VI.4,
First Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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V.XIX,
V.XXI,
The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
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Chapter XXV,
Chapter XXVI, Proslogium,
Anselm of
Canterbury, 1077-1078. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Even though O Lord by
your just judgment you may utterly destroy us as the potter may his pot,
yet we appeal to your mercies, by which it has pleased you to adopt us
to be your children." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "The happiness of his
people is bound up in what God has designed for them, and is preparing
for them, and preparing them for; what he has done or will do." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "Rent - A metaphor
taken from men, that when they would resolutely help one in distress,
break and fling open doors and whatever may hinder." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Oh, that Thy wrath
would consume Thy foes as the fire. Rather, "as the fire
burneth the dry brushwood" [GESENIUS]." |
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| "Exposition of Isaiah
63-64," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892.
| "He is as terrible to
his foes as he is precious to his friends. He stands before us as the
one hope of his ancient church." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Isaiah 64:1-9, Samuel Giere, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
| "This pericope is simultaneously
rooted in the rich memories of God's saving acts and mired in the
muck of dashed expectations and the experience of God's absence." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Isaiah 64:1-9,"
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "The writer/speaker is calling on the
past experience of the people to remind them of the power and presence of
God in their lives." |
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The Old Testament Readings:
Isaiah 64:1-9. 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.
| "We pray constantly for him to
‘tear open the heavens and come down’ into our world which, in its
pain and hurt, forever needs the touch of heaven. But we know also
that the one who will/does come will not do so simply at our call
and to our demands..." |
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"Going Against the Stream,"
William Willimon, The Christian Century, 1984. At Religion Online.
| "Let us not be too harsh on the royal
theology which we created. In our own lives, in our yuletide overspending,
overdrinking, overhoping, overgetting and overgiving we act out a sad
seasonal ritual: oh, that a new video recorder or a new car might fill the
emptiness. Yet, we know that in the cold gray of January the bills come,
the radio evicts Bing Crosby and we find that, alas, the “Peace on Earth
and Good Will” of the TV Christmas specials barely lasted until New
Year’s." |
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"Drinking
Tears by the Bowlful: Waiting,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation.
| "We wait in patience knowing that not every act of God
reverberates like a pounding sledge hammer. In Isaiah's metaphor, God does
not always split open the heavens." |
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Isaiah 6:16b-17; 64:1-8, Isaiah in Advent: The Transforming Word, Diane
Jacobson, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern
Theological Seminary, 1990.
| "This lament sets Advent in the context of a real world
in which things are not going well. The world is not a perfect place;
people are disillusioned." |
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Isaiah 64:1-9, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W.
Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"Lament Song," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
| "When did you experience "bad times?"
How did God give you hope?" |
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| Environmental &
earth-centered reflection, Rev Helen Hanten, from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental
Stewardship Commission.
| "We need the "acts
of God" to remind us that God is God, CREATOR GOD, and we are among
the creatures invited to live lives in God's presence." |
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| A Prayer of Hope: Verse Commentary
on Isaiah 64:1-12, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
| "Throughout history,
God's people have spent most of their time waiting. It is an expectant
waiting, anticipating God's new activity to bring justice, deliverance
and the kingdom of God to the world (Psa 25, 37, 130; Rom 8:18-25). But
it is not a waiting that only has the future in view. Neither is it an
idle, self-centered waiting, as seen in those who sell everything they
have and then sit on a mountain waiting for God to come." |
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Isaiah 63-64, The Dark Side of God: Considerations for Preaching and
Teaching, Richard Nysse, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther
Seminary, 1997.
| "The speaker of this text places the community (the
speaker included) and us in the same place as Pharaoh." |
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| Burnett, Joel S.,
"The Question of Divine Absence in Israelite and West Semitic Religion,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2005.
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| Jacobson, Diane, "Isaiah in Advent:
The Transforming Word," Word & World, 1990.
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| Montgomery, Stephen R., "Beyond Fear,
Fundamentalism, and Fox News: The Active Hope of Advent," Journal for
Preachers, 2005.
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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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| Norris, Kathleen,
"Apocalypse Now," The Christian Century, 2005.
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| Nysse, Richard, "The Dark Side of
God: Considerations for Preaching and Teaching," Word & World,
1997.
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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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| Willimon, William, "Going against the
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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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