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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| Historical References, Commentary and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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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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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Isaiah 64:1-9, 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.
| "...we know also
that the one who will/does come will not do so simply at our call and to
our demands. His coming will be like a flaming fire, that kindles and
boils, reshaping our lives and world into his ‘holy place’." |
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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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"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 Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "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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| Articles & Background:
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| 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. |
| Niskanen, Paul,
"YHWH as Father, Redeemer, and Potter in Isaiah 63:7-64:11,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006. |
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| Sermons:
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"Where Is God?" Dean William
Willimon, Duke Chapel Sermon Archive, 1996. |
| And Then Comes the End: Isaiah 59 - 66, 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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