Isaiah old and new : exegesis, intertextuality, and hermeneutics /

Isaiah in context and through the ages. Reading the book of Isaiah in its original context is the crucial prerequisite for understanding its citation and use in later interpretations, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here he offers pastors, teachers, and students an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witherington, Ben, III, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • The past is but prologue?
  • Isaianic fingerprints everywhere
  • Early Isaiah - Isaiah 1-12
  • Later Isaiah - Isaiah 13-39
  • Eschatological Isaiah, Part One: Isaiah 40-55
  • Eschatological Isaiah, Part Two: Isaiah 56-66
  • Isaiah old and new : conclusions
  • Appendix A: Intertextuality of a different sort
  • Appendix B: Forward thinking on reading backwards dialogue and review
  • Appendix C: Isaiah as "Christian" scripture : what should we think about that idea? : a detailed synopsis and critique of Brevard Childs, The struggle to understand Isaiah as Christian scripture
  • Appendix D: A key to the Isaianic authorship puzzle?
  • Appendix E: A review of Richard Hays's Echoes of scripture in the Gospels
  • Appendix F: What should we think of intertexuality?
  • Appendix G: Isaiah as architect : the use of Isaiah by the evangelists to structure their gospels (and Acts).