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Isaiah 9:1-4
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Chapter VI, Adversus
Judaeos,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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IV.7, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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V.11, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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VI.V,
VI.LXVI,
VIII.LIV, Against
Celsus,
Origen (c. 246) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "He comforts the Church again after
these great threatenings promising to restore them to great glory in
Messiah." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Those that want the gospel, walk in
darkness, and in the utmost danger. But when the gospel comes to any
place, to any soul, light comes." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "Of all his oppressors, but especially
of sin and the devil." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "By a slight change in the Hebrew, its
(joy) is substituted by some for not, because "not increased the joy"
seems opposite to what immediately follows, "the joy," &c. HENGSTENBERG,
retains not thus: "Whose joy thou hadst not increased," (that is, hadst
diminished). Others, "Hast thou not increased the joy?" The very
difficulty of the reading, not, makes it less likely to be an
interpolation." |
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| "The
Joy of Harvest: Isaiah 9:3," Charles H. Spurgeon. From Farm Sermons
(c 1875).
| "Who will have the most joy? Those who have been the
most concerned about it. You who do not pray in private, nor come out to prayer-meetings,
will not have the joy when the blessing comes, and the church is increased. You had no
share in the sowing, therefore you will have little share in the
reaping." |
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| "Harvest Joy;
Isaiah 9:3," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1893. |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Isaiah 9:1-4, Frank M. Yamada, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
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"The images of holy war are thick in this passage and may cause some
to shy away from preaching on this text. However, one must remember
the context of Israel's political life." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Epiphany 3, Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Isaiah 9:1-4, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W.
Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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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.
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"We celebrate joyfully 'a son given to us' not in spite of all that
is horrible, dangerous, or distressing about the world around us,
but precisely because of it." |
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Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church
in Australia.
| "The words in the time of Isaiah was
offering new hope in a time when the Assyrians were defeating lots of
countries and expanding their Empire across the Middle East and into
Egypt." |
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Preaching Isaiah, Rev. Dr. David N. Mosser, Reflections on the
Lectionary for January, 2008, The Living Pulpit.
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"To have faith in the promises of God is to have faith that this
trust is sufficient." |
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| "Commentary
on Isaiah 9:1-4: 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A),"
Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
| "The passage is about
more than longing and dreaming for better days ahead, although that is
certainly a part of the passage. It is really about living under threat
in a world that is beyond our control, a world that lies in the hands of
leaders who make stupid and selfish and even cowardly decisions, who
refuse to trust God." |
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"Bring on the
Light!" Expository Essay, Bill Long.
Part 2. |
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| Articles & Background: |
| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
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ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Carlson, R.A.,
"The Anti-Assyrian Character of the Oracle in Is. IX 1-6," Vetus
Testamentum, 1974.
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| Carter, Warren,
"Evoking Isaiah: Matthean Soteriology and an Intertextual Reading of Isaiah
7-9 and Matthew 1:23 and 4:15-16," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2000.
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| Davies, Andrew, "Oratorio as
Exegesis: The Use of the Book of Isaiah in Handel's Messiah,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
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| Oswalt, John N.
"God's Determination to Redeem His People," Review and Expositor,
1991.
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| Oswalt, John N., "The Significance of
the 'ALMAH Prophecy in the Context of Isaiah 7-12," Criswell
Theological Review, 1993.
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| Wegner, Paul D.,
"A Re-Examination of Isaiah IX 1-6," Vetus Testamentum, 1992.
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| Sermons:
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"Exploding Light," Epiphany 3, Pastor Edward F.
Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington - Sermons from Seattle. |
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