Prophets

 

Introduction

Prophets & Prophecy in General

On the Nature of Rethinking Prophetic Literature: Stirring a Neglected Stew (A Response to David L. Petersen). (James R. Linville) Journal of Hebrew Studies.

He-Prophets: Masculinity as a Problem for the Hebrew Prophets and their Interpreters. (David J. A. Clines) A paper originally read to the Biblical Criticism and Literary Criticism Section of the SBL, Annual Meeting, Boston, November 1999

 

Isaiah

Background:

Jotham's Seaport at Elath (David Q. Hall). Subpages include: Incense Trade, Jotham Ring (picture is not good), Artifacts, Pottery and an Aerial Map.

Lachish and Sennacherib

Interaction of Assyrian Kings with Israel and Judah about 730 B.C. Fred P. Miller

Two Assyrian Campaigns against Hezekiah and Later Eighth Century Biblical Chronology (J. Goldberg) Biblica 80 (1999) 360-390.

 

Introductions

Introduction by Barry Bandstra  Useful introduction to book and key terms by a professor at Hope College

Introduction to Isaiah  Aimed at Middle School Students

Introduction to Isaiah by Davie Napier.  Formerly of Yale Divinity School

Yahweh Willing and Able  Chapter 5 from Israel in Exile by Ralph W. Klein.

The Unity and Authorship of Isaiah: A Needless Battle (Dennis Bratcher) from The Christian Resource Institute.

 

Bibliographies & Resources :

Isaiah Bibliography by Victor Matthews.  Professor at Southwest Missouri State University.

Isaiah Bibliography  Southwest Missouri State University

Resources for Isaiah  Resources from The Text This Week Homiletical Site.

Selected Bibliography

 

Qumran:

Isaiah Scroll from Qumran  Pictures of the great scroll; links to an Isaiah commentary

4QPesher Isaiah  A commentary from the Dead Sea Scrolls on Isaiah 5.

1QIsab (Isaiah Scroll).

 

General Textual Studies:

The Failed Prophecies Concerning Babylon made by Isaiah and Jeremiah.  By Walter Mattfield

Isaiah for Advent.  A treatment of four Isaiah texts from the Revised Common Lectionary by Ralph W. Klein. Currents in Theology and Mission 28 (December, 2001) 560-566.  (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed).

Linkage between Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6  Harold Holmyard

Speech forms in Second Isaiah

Isaiah Commentary F. Miller

The Parallelism of Greater Precision: Notes from Isaiah 40 for a Theory of Hebrew Poetry (David Clines) On the Way to the Postmodern Old Testament Essays 1967-1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 314-36.

Are You Thirsty? Then, Come: God's Gracious Covenant of Life in Isaiah 55 (Greg Herrick).

Comfort for God's People (Isaiah 40) (J. Hampton Keathley III).

What Does Almah Mean? (William F. Beck) This page contains both a pdf and rtf file.

Exegesis of Isaiah 53 (Herbert C. Winterstein) This page contains both a pdf and rtf file.

The Linkage Between Isaiah 7.14 and 9.6 (Harold R. Holmyard).

 

Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Book of the Twelve
Hosea
Joel

"Return to Yahweh": Honor and Shame in Joel (Ronald A. Simkins) Semeia: An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism.

Amos