Isaiah 49:8-16

Isaiah 49:8-16
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Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- Chapter CXXII, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- V.XXXV.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- IV.13, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- V.III, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- I.LIII, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- Book VII, Chapter 11, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- "Christ in the Covenant; Isaiah 49:8," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Exposition of Isaiah 49:13-26," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892.
Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- "A Mother's Love," Commented Bible Passages from Taize, 2008.
- Commentary, Isaiah 49:8-16a, Callie Plunket-Brewton, Epiphany 8, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
  - "There are so many forms exile can take, and it is up to the preacher to emphasize one particular type of exile or another."
- Grace in the Darkness, John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2011.
  - "This God may use whomever that God chooses to use; another pagan king will do nicely to offer freedom to the chosen ones of God."
- Commentary, Isaiah 49:8-16a, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
  - "Isaiah 40-66 uses female images for God more frequently than any other Old Testament body of literature."
- 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 remember that the wonderful hope for God?s people, embodying as it does hope for all creation, is only won through suffering and death, be it of the servant or that which it foreshadows in Jesus the Christ."
- Desert Scribblings, Isaiah 49:8-16a, Geoff McElroy.
  - "We are the servants, the agents of the transformation God has promised."
- Commentary, Epiphany 8, 2011. Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
Articles & Background:
- "Reading the Ransom Logion in 1 Tim 2.6 and Titus 2.14 with Isa 42.6-7; 49.6-8," J.C. Edwards, Biblica, 2009.
  - "In this study I argue that the same author reads the ransom logion in 1 Tim 2,6 and Titus 2,14 in light of Isa 42,6-7; 49,6-8."
- "The Feminist Critique of God-Language," Neil Gillman, MyJewishLearning.com. Reprinted from Jewish Lights.
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Brettler, Marc Zvi, "Incompatible Metaphors for YHWH in Isaiah 40-66," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1998. (See especially section beginning on p. 115.)
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Roberts, Kathryn L., "Between Text and Sermon: Isaiah 49:14-18," Interpretation, 2003.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Witvliet, John D., "Isaiah in Christian Liturgy: Recovering Textual Contrasts and Correcting Theological Astigmatism," Calvin Theological Journal, 2004.
  EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
  EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
Sermons:
Reviews:
- Review: Jim W. Adams, The Performative Nature and Function of Isaiah 40-55. T&T Clark, 2006. Review by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
With Children:
- "God's Tattoo," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
Drama:
Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Isaiah 49:14, 15. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
  - I Love Your Kingdom, Lord
Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Isaiah
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