God’s Prophet, God’s Servant: A Study in Jeremiah and Isaiah 40-55

by John Goldingay

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2024

Overview

It is easy to think of Christian ministry as an exercise of our gifts or even finding fulfillment for ourselves. In God’s Prophet, God’s Servant, John Goldingay examines the portrait of a prophet’s ministry found in Jeremiah and the portrait of a servant’s ministry in Isaiah 40-55, showing us that in both cases, God calls us to a deeper and more demanding view of ministry.

Key Features

• Examines the portrait of a prophet’s ministry found in Jeremiah.
• Studies the portrait of a servant’s ministry in Isaiah 40-55.
• Explains that God calls us to a deeper and more demanding view of ministry.

Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• PART ONE Jeremiah: “A burning fire in my heart”
• 1. What being a prophet costs
• 2. Who a prophet is identified with
• 3. What distinguishes a prophet
• 4. What makes someone a prophet?
• 5. The moment of fulfillment
• PART TWO Isaiah 40-55: “A light to the nations”
• 6. The chosen servant (Isaiah 41:1-20)
• 7. The faithful servant (Isaiah 41:21-42:17)
• 8. The blind servant (Isaiah 42:18-48:22)
• 9. The persistent servant (Isaiah 49-50)
• 10. The triumphant servant (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)

Praise for God’s Prophet, God’s Servant

A fine blend of up-to-date scholarship and pastoral concern…. Although divided into two halves, the book is in effect a single study… on two biblical texts which are mutually illuminating. Both raise the question of undeserved suffering, search for meaning in innocent affliction, and reveal what it means to be the servant of God…. It challenges the attitudes of both the defeatist and the triumphalist.

—Dr. John J. Bimson, Trinity Theological College, Bristol, UK

Product Details

• Title: God’s Prophet, God’s Servant: A Study in Jeremiah and Isaiah 40-55
• Author: John Goldingay
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Pages: 171
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBN: 9798385232345
• Resource ID: LLS:GDSPRPHTGSH4055
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-02-05T21:13:08Z

About John Goldingay

John Goldingay has been at Fuller Theological Seminary since 1997 and currently serves as the David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament in the School of Theology. Before coming to Fuller, Goldingay was principal and a professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at St. John’s Theological College in Nottingham, England. He is the author of several books, including Old Testament Theology vol. 1, After Eating the Apricot, and Models for Scripture, as well as commentaries on Daniel, Isaiah, and Psalms. He holds membership in the Society of Biblical Literature and serves on the editorial board for the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies.