Part 1, Point 1: Historical Hindsight Reading

We are going to back track just a little in order to "get" some of the last points I [...]

1-5 Introduction
6-8 Historical Narrative/Ahaz and the Assyrians
9-35 Major Prophetic
36-39 Historical Narrative/Hezekiah/Defeat of the Assyrians/Entrance of Babylonians 40-66 [...]

“A drama normally develops a plot. So does the Vision. It portrays the continuing tension throughout these generations between Yahweh’s strategy and Israel/Jerusalem’s plans for [...]

I am convinced that Isaiah 1-5 forms the Introduction of the book. Isaiah 6 is the Calling of Isaiah and sets out the prophets task. [...]

In our last lecture we spent a great deal of time arguing in favor of a “messianic” interpretation for the “son” in 9.6-7 and 7.14. [...]

We are covering a block of material in Isaiah in this lecture that is a bit lengthy as it is controversial. 7-12 forms an initial [...]

I. Review
 
Our outline has been the problem; the result of the problem; the solution; the result of the solution. The first things we noted in [...]

When one comes to the scroll of Isaiah, one is immediately confronted with history.  #Ama’-!b, Why”[.v;y> (Isaiah son of Amoz) set his literary pen at the [...]