OT355 Book Study: Isaiah: God’s Salvation for Israel and the Ends of the Earth
Overview
This course explores the main themes presented in the book of the prophet Isaiah. Israel’s unfaithfulness to her faithful God in the areas of worship, idolatry, and covenant obedience is central in Isaiah, and this theme is explored reflectively for self-examination of our own obedience in these areas. Another key theme is the supremacy of God not only over Israel, but also over every other nation of the world and any other presumed god; Israel’s God, Yahweh, is presented by Isaiah as being greater than anything else anyone can conceive of. The course also explores God’s redemptive program and his ability to carry it out in light of his supremacy and undoubtable power. This redemptive program includes God’s description of the character of, and future hope for, his people.
Top Highlights
“There are nine imperatives listed in these two verses: wash, clean, remove, cease, learn, seek, correct, bring, and plead.” (source)
“It’s been called the centerpiece of prophetic literature. It’s the second-longest book in the ot with sixty-six chapters.” (source)
“Revelation deals with submission, and that is that God has plans and God has stipulations about how people are to behave and the creature exists for the Creator.” (source)
“Remember that these first five chapters have been placed here in the book in order to forecast the dominant theme throughout the rest of the entire book. Isaiah begins in chapter 1 by discussing the sins of the people and their rebellion and how they aren’t acting like the people of God, and then he forecasts this important theme, which is that, eventually, when Yahweh has His way and accomplishes His redemptive program, then their sins will be fully taken care of.” (source)
“But this unidentified servant here in 42:1–9 will bring forth justice to the nations. He’s neither fearful nor blind. He’s empowered by the Spirit, and he’s effective not only in ministry to Israel but in ministry to the entire world.” (source)
- Title: OT355 Book Study: Isaiah: God’s Salvation for Israel and the Ends of the Earth
- Author: Eric J. Tully
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Isaiah › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Isaiah › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Isaiah--Commentaries; Education › Bible. O.T. Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Resource ID: LLS:OT355TULLY
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-06-20T22:16:35Z
Dr. Eric Tully is an assistant professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He’s passionate about preaching the Old Testament and helping those in the church interpret and proclaim it with competence and confidence. His research interests include textual-criticism and translation studies, Hebrew linguistics, and prophetic literature. He’s currently preparing his dissertation for publication, entitled “The Translation and the Translator of the Peshitta of Hosea,” and is working on several other forthcoming writing projects. Eric and his wife, Traci, have two daughters.
He is the author of The Translation and Translator of the Peshitta of Hosea (Brill) and Hosea: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Baylor, forthcoming), and is coauthor of Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction (Baker Academic). He is currently writing a book on the Old Testament prophets.