OT022-512 - Isaiah

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • old testamentUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT227. Unit exclusions: OT017-508, OT017-612, OT017-712, OT017-812, OT023

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Foundational knowledge and understanding of the book of Isaiah in the English text

B. Be able to

1. Outline the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding Isaiah

2. Trace the key themes and theological teachings of Isaiah

3. Comment on the meaning of selected passages of the English text of Isaiah

C. Be in a position to

1. Relating the teaching of Isaiah to contemporary Christian living and ministry contexts

Content

An exegetical and thematic survey of the three major sections of the Book of Isaiah.

About 18 chapters should be set for detailed exegesis.  These should be evenly distributed between chapters 1–39 and 40–66.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Themes and Setting:

Gitay, Y., Isaiah and His Audience (Assen: Van Gorcum, 1991).

Leclerc, T. L., Yahweh is Exalted in Justice: Solidarity and Conflict in Isaiah (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001).

Webb, B. W., The Message of Isaiah (Leicester: IVP, 1996).

Williamson, H. G. M., The Book Called Isaiah (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994).

Williamson, H. G. M., Variations on a Theme (Carlisle: Paternoster, 1998).

 

Exegesis:

General (whole book)

Blenkinsopp, J., Isaiah 1–39, 40–55, 56–66 (New York: Doubleday, 2000–2004).

Childs, B. S., Isaiah (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001).

Goldingay, J., Isaiah (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001).

Motyer, J. A., Isaiah (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1999).

 

Isaiah 1–39

Barton, J., Isaiah 1–39 (Sheffield: SAP, 1995).

Blenkinsopp, J., Isaiah 1–39 (New York: Doubleday, 2000).

Brueggemann, W., Isaiah 1–39 & 40–66 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998).

Oswalt, J. N., Isaiah 1–39 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986).

Sawyer, J. F. A., Isaiah (Vol. I; Philadelphia: Westminster, 1984).

Seitz, C. R., Isaiah 1–39 (Louisville: John Knox, 1993).

Tucker, G. M., ‘Isaiah 1–39’ in The New Interpreter’s Bible (Vol. VI; Nashville: Abingdon, 2001).

 

Isaiah 40–66

Blenkinsopp, J., Isaiah 40–55 (New York: Doubleday, 2002).

Seitz, C. R., ‘Isaiah 40–66’ in The New Interpreter’s Bible (Vol. VI; Nashville: Abingdon, 2001).

Emerson, G. I., Isaiah 56–66 (Sheffield: JSOT, 1992).

Hanson, P. D., Isaiah 40–66 (Louisville: John Knox, 1995).

Knight, G. A., Isaiah 56–66 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985).

Koole, J. L., Isaiah Part III; Vols I & II; 40–48/49–55 (Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1997 & 1998).

Oswalt, J. N., The Book of Isaiah, Chapters 40–66 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).