The Prophecy of Isaiah

An Introduction and Commentary.
Alec Motyer sees the book of Isaiah as a mosaic constructed of a variety of
prophecies originating at different points in the prophet's career, with each
prophecy shaped by its individual prehistory. These preexilic prophecies were
brought into a new literary unity by the prophet himself and made to serve a
new purpose. Along the historical time line on which Isaiah's prophecies are
strung, Motyer finds three central and recurring themes: the messianic hope,
the motif of the city and the theology of the Holy One of Israel. Moreover, he
argues, the Isaianic masterpiece is organized into three complementary books
portraying the King (Isaiah 1-37), the Servant (Isaiah 38-55) and the Anointed
Conqueror (Isaiah 56-66). In a scholarly climate marked by renewed attention to
the literary unity of the canonical form of the Old Testament books, Motyer's
contribution to a wholistic understanding of Isaiah should be welcomed by a
wide range of interpreters and expositors. (= 0830815937 / 9780830815937)
'This commentary represents three decades of work [...]. It is thoroughly
researched and thought-out. It represents the best of a conservative
evangelical approach to the book at the end of the twentieth century. It is
best in matters theological.' - Tremper Longman
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