WILLIAM HOLLADAY was for twenty-seven years the Lowry Professor of Old Testament at the Andover Newton Theological School; he taught for seven years at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut; and he served on the Old Testament Panel of the Committee for the translation of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. He is the author of Isaiah and Jeremiah (both Pilgrim Press) and the two-volume Jeremiah commentary in the Hermeneia series.
Description
Chapter 1 "Isaiah 'Twas Foretold It": Three Ways to Hear a Prophet Chapter 2 God is High and Holy, and Israel Is Disobedient Chapter 3 Assyria Is on the March-Is There Any Hope? Chapter 4 God Will Bring the Exiles Home Chapter 5 God is Creator, the Incomparable Chapter 6 The Call to Suffer-Proclaimed and Ignored Chapter 7 Jews Hear Isaiah Through the Centuries Chapter 8 "The Spirit of the Lord Is upon Me": Jesus, the New Testament, and Christian Tradition
Reviews
. . . this work aims to assist those who meet Isaiah in the liturgy and lectionary to understand how best (or at least how well) to engage the Isaiah texts. Holladay maintains and demonstrates with clarity how the prophetic words are both timebound but also unbound from their original contexts by virtue of being canonical. Clearly stated and thoroughly credible is Holladay"s confidence that contemporary believers can readily and fruitfully cope with both aspects of prophetic speech. * Catholic Studies * This volume promises rich fare for Christian groups trying to understand better virtually any facet of how to read biblical and liturgical texts well. . . * Catholic Studies *