OT 661 The Book of Isaiah

Bibliography[1],[2]

 

General Works on the Prophets

 

Anderson, Bernhard. The eighth century prophets: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978. Rice: BS1515.2 .A52

 

***Blenkinsopp, Joseph. A History of Prophecy in Israel. Revised ed. Philadelphia: Westminster/ John Knox, 1996. Rice: BS1198 .B53 1996

 

                   . Sage, priest, prophet: religious and intellectual leadership in ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1995. HGST: 296.61 Ble, Rice: BS1199 .L4 B58 1995

 

Bullock, C. Hassell. An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophetic Books. Grand Rapids: Moody Press, 1986. Rice: BS 1505.2 .B85 1986

 

Griffin, William Paul. The God of the Prophets: An Analysis of Divine Action. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 249. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

 

Heschel, Abraham. The Prophets. 2 vols. New York: Harper & Row, 1962. HGST: 224 Hes, Rice: BS1505.2 .H4

 

Koch, Klaus. The Prophets. 2 Vols. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982. HGST: 224.06 Koc

 

Lindblom, J. Prophecy in Ancient Israel. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1962. HGST: 224.06 Lin, Rice: BS1505.2 .L5 1962a

 

Newsome, James D. The Hebrew Prophets. Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox, 1984.

 

***Smith, Gary. The Prophets as Preachers: An Introduction to the Hebrew Prophets. Nashville: Broadman/Holman, 1994.

 

***Westermann, Claus. Basic Forms of Prophetic Speech. Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox, 1991. Rice: BS1505.2 .W413 1967b (previous edition?)

 

Wilson, Robert R. Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980. HGST: 224.06 Wil, Rice: BS1198 .W55

 

Commentaries on Isaiah[3]

 

Baltzer, K. Isaiah 40-55. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2001. Rice: BS1515.3 .B3513 2001

 

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Isaiah 1-39. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2000. Rice: BS192.2 .A1 1964 .G3 v.19

 

!Brueggemann, Walter. Isaiah 1-39 and Isaiah 40-66. Westminster John Knox, 1998. HGST: 224.1077 Bru Canonical approach focused on ascertaining how the text speaks with power to modern realities.

 

Childs, Brevard S. Isaiah: A Commentary. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox, 2001. Rice: BS1515.3 .C48 2001 The founder of the canonical approach comments with theological and literary sensitivity as well as an appreciation for the history of its interpretation.

 

Goldingay, J. Isaiah. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson.

 

!Hanson, P. D. Isaiah 40-66. Interpretation. Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox, 1996.

 

Jensen, J. Isaiah 1-39. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1984. Rice: BS1515.3 .J46

 

***Kaiser, Otto. Isaiah 1-39. 2 vols. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1983, 1974. Emphasis of discussion often on authenticity and historical reconstruction instead of theology from a critical perspective. HGST: 224.1077 Kai (vol. 1 only),  Rice: BS1515.3 .K3313 1983 & BS1515.3 .K3313 1974

 

Kelley, Page. “Isaiah.” The Broadman Bible Commentary. Ed. Clifton J. Allen. Vol. 5. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1971. HGST: R 220.77 Bro V5

 

Knight, George A. F. Servant theology: a commentary on the book of Isaiah 40-55. International Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. Rice: BS1520 .K54 1984

 

                   . Deutero--Isaiah: a theological commentary on Isaiah 40-55. New York: Abingdon, 1965. HGST: 224.1077 Kni

 

McKenzie, John. Second Isaiah. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1968. HGST: R 220.66 Anc V20

 

Motyer, J. Alec. The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 1993. Attention to textual details within the literary structure of the book. Evangelical.

 

North, Christopher R. Isaiah 40-55: introduction and commentary. The Torch Bible Commentaries Series. London: SCM, 1956. HGST: R 220.7 Tor V.12 (not acceptable as 2nd commentary)

 

!Oswalt, John D. W. The Book of Isaiah. 2 volumes. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Eerdmans, 1986, 1998. Solid Evangelical exposition of the biblical text. Introduction could be stronger. HGST: 224.1077 Osw, Rice: BS 1515.3 .O84 1986 & BS1515.3 .O84 1998

 

Peterson, David, et al. New Interpreter’s Bible. Vol. 7. Isaiah-Ezekiel. Louisville: Abingdon, 2001. Both exegetical and pastoral in nature. Rice: BS491.2 .N484 1994 v.7

 

!Seitz, Christopher R. Isaiah 1-39. Interpretation. Philadelphia: John Knox, 1993. Exposition that is sensitive to literary issues, designed to be an aid for teaching and preaching.

 

Skinner, John, ed. Isaiah: Chapters I-XXXIX. Cambridge Bible for Schools & Colleges. London: Cambridge University Press, 1896.

 

                   . Isaiah: Chapters XL-LXVI. Cambridge Bible for Schools & Colleges. London: Cambridge University Press, 1898.

 

Smart, James D. History and theology in Second Isaiah; a commentary on Isaiah 35, 40-66. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1965. Rice: BS1520.Z72 S5 (not acceptable as 2nd textbook)

 

Sweeney, Marvin A. Isaiah 1-39. Forms of Old Testament Literature, XVI. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. (not acceptable as 2nd textbook)

 

***Watts, John D.W. Isaiah. 2 vols. WBC. Waco: Word Books, 1985, 1987. His unique approach to Isaiah as drama has not won much support. Evangelical.

 

Webb, Barry G. The Message of Isaiah. Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 1996. Good Evangelical exposition with an eye to literary structure, historical background, and broader canonical connections.

 

Westermann, Claus. Isaiah 40-66. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969. A standard critical commentary. Rice: BS1520 .W413 1969b

 

Whybray, Roger N. Isaiah 40-66. New Century Bible. London: Oliphants, 1975. Rice: BS1520 .W48

 

Wildberger, Hans. Isaiah 1-12. Continental Commentary. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1991. Part of same German series as some of the Hermeneia volumes. Very detailed form-critical approach. Rice: BS1515.3 .W53613 1991 v.1

 

                        . Isaiah 13-27. Continental Commentary. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress. Rice: BS1515.3 .W53613 1991 v.2

 

Wright, G. Ernest. The Book of Isaiah. Layman’s Bible Commentary. Atlanta: John Knox, 1974. HGST:  R 220 .77 Lay V.11 (not acceptable as 2nd textbook)

 

Young, Edward J. The Book of Isaiah. 3 vols. (reprint of 1965-1972 eds.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. A standard of an earlier generation. Evangelical.

 

 

Specialized Studies

 

Abma, Richtse. Bonds of Love: Methodic Studies of Prophetic Texts with Marriage Imagery (Isaiah 50:1-3 and 54:1-10,Hosea 1-3, Jeremiah 2-3). K. Van Gorcum & Co., 1999. Rice: BS1505.2 .A26 1999.

 

Andrews, Joyce. Bible Legacy of the Black Race: The Prophecy Fulfilled. Nashville: Winston-Derek Publishers, 1993. A look at the role of biblical prophecy (ch. 1 concerns Isaiah 19-20) in determining and explaining the history of the black race. HGST: 224 And

 

Berrigan, Daniel. Isaiah: Spirit of courage, Gift of Tears. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1996. A Liberation/Peace Movement interpretation at the theology of Isaiah. HGST: 224 Ber, Rice: BS1515.2 .B47 1996

 

Bosman, Hendrik Jan, Harm van Grol, et al, ed.. Studies in Isaiah 24-27 : the Isaiah Workshop = de Jesaja Werkplaats. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2000. Rice BS1515.2 .S783 2000.

 

Broyles Craig and Craig Evans, ed. Writing and reading the scroll of Isaiah: studies of an interpretive tradition. 2 Vol. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, vol. 70. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2000. Rice: BS413 .V45 v.70.

 

Childs, B.S. Isaiah and the Assyrian Crisis. London: SCM, 1967. Rice: DS121.6 .C45

 

Clements, R.E. Isaiah and the Deliverance of Jerusalem: A Study of the Interpretation of Prophecy in the  Old Testament. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1980. Rice: BS1515.2 C65x

 

Clifford, R.J. Fair Spoken and Persuading. An Interpretation of Second Isaiah. New York: Paulist, 1984.

 

Conrad, E. Reading Isaiah. Overtures to Biblical Theology, vol. 27. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991. Rice: BS1515.2 .C663

 

Darr, Katheryn P. Isaiah's Vision and the Family of God. Louisville: Westminster, 1994. Rice: BS1515.2 .D37

 

Driver, S. R. Isaiah: His Life and Times. London: James Nisbet, n.d.

 

Erlandsson, S. The Burden of Babylon: A Study of Isaiah 13:3--14:23. ConBOT 4; Lund: Gleerup, 1970.

 

Evans, Craig A. To see and not perceive: Isaiah 6.9-10 in early Jewish and Christian interpretation. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament supplement, vol. 64.Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic, 1989. Rice: BS1515.2 .E93 1989.

 

Hayes, John H. and Stuart A. Irvine. Isaiah, the eighth-century prophet: his times & his preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1987. Rice: BS1515.3 .H39 1987.

 

Irvine, Stuart A. Isaiah, Ahaz, and the Syro-Ephraimitic Crisis. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990. Rice: BS1515.2 .I73

 

Laato, A. The Servant of YHWH and Cyrus. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1992.

 

                   . A Star is rising: the historical development of the Old Testament royal ideology and the rise of the Jewish messianic expectations. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997. Rice: BS680 .M4 L33 1997

 

_____         . Who is Immanuel? The Rise and the Foundering of Isaiah's Messianic Expectations. Abo: Abo Academy Press, 1988.

 

Margalioth, Rachel. The indivisible Isaiah: evidence for the single authorship of the prophetic book. Jerusalem, Sura Institute for Research; New York, Yeshiva University, 1964. Rice: BS1515 .M273

 

Melugin, Roy F. The Formation of Isaiah 40-55. New York : W. de Gruyter, 1976. Rice: BS1110 .Z43 no.141

 

                  , and Marvin a. Sweeney, eds. New Visions of Isaiah. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 214. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. Rice: BS1515.2 .N48 1996

 

Millar, William. Isaiah 24-27 and the origin of apocalyptic. Harvard Semitic Monographs, vol. 11. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1976. Rice: BS1515.2 .M52

 

Nielsen, K. There is Hope for a Tree: The Tree as Metaphor in Isaiah. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Press, 1989.

 

***North, Christopher R. The suffering servant in Deutero-Isaiah; an historical and critical study. 2d ed. London: Oxford Press, 1956. Rice: BS1515 .N6 1956

 

Quinn-Miscall, Peter. Reading Isaiah: Poetry and vision. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

 

Sawyer, John F. A. The Fifth Gospel: Isaiah in the History of Christianity. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. A review of the use of Isaiah in the New Testament and Christian church. Rice: BS1515.2 .S35 1996

 

Seitz, Christopher. Zion's Final Destiny: The Development of the Book of Isaiah: A Reassessment of Isaiah 36-39. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991. Rice: BS1515.2 .S46

 

Stansell, Gary. Micah and Isaiah: A Form and Tradition Historical Comparison. SBL Dissertation Series 85. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. Rice: BS1615.2.S73 1988

 

Sweeney, Marvin. Isaiah 1-4 and the Post Exilic Understanding of the Isaianic Tradition.  Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Supplement, 171. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1988. Rice: BS1515.2 .S93 1988

 

Thompson, M. E. W. Situation and Theology: Old Testament Interpretations of the Syro-Ephraimitic War. Sheffield: Almond, 1982. Rice: BS1505.2 .T56x

 

Whedbee, W.J. Isaiah and Wisdom. New York: Abingdon, 1971. Rice: BS1515.2 .47

 

Williamson, H.G. M. The Book Called Isaiah: Deutero-Isaiah's Role in Composition and Redaction. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. Rice: BS1515.5 .W56 1994

 

Essays and Articles[4]

 

***Ackroyd, P.R., "The Biblical Interpretation of the Reigns of Ahaz and Hezekiah," in In the Shelter of Elyon, eds. W.B. Barrick and J.R. Spencer. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Press, 1984:247-59. (Reprinted in Ackroyd, Studies in the Religious Tradition of the Old Testament, London: SCM Press, 1987, pp. 181-192.) Rice: BS1171.2 .A24 1987.

***_____, "An Interpretation of the Babylonian Exile: A Study of 2 Kings 20, Isaiah 38-39," Scottish Journal of Theology 27 (1974), 329-52. (Reprinted in Ackroyd, Studies in the Religious Tradition of the Old Testament, London: SCM Press, 1987, pp. 152-171.)

***          , “Isaiah 1-12: Presentation of a Prophet.” Studies in the Religious Tradition of the Old Testament, London: SCM Press, 1987, pp. 79-104.

***          , “Isaiah 36-39: Structure and Function.” Studies in the Religious Tradition of the Old Testament, London: SCM Press, 1987, pp. 105-120.

Adamthwaite, M.R., "Isaiah 7:16: Key to the Immanuel Prophecy," Reformed Theological Review 59 (2000), 65-83.

Ahlstrom, G.W., "Isaiah VI 13," Journal of Semitic Studies 19 (1974), 169-172.

***Anderson, B.W., "`God with Us' -- In Judgment and in Mercy: The Editorial Structure of Isaiah 5-10 (11)," in Canon, Theology, and the Old Testament Interpretation, eds. G.M. Tucker, et al. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988:230-45. Rice: BS1171.2 .C36 1988.

_____, "Exodus and Covenant in Second Isaiah and Prophetic Tradition," In Magnalia Dei: the Mighty Acts of God (Doubleday, 1980), 339-60. Rice: BS1192 .M34

_____, "Exodus Typology in Second Isaiah," in Israel's Prophetic Heritage, eds. B.W. Anderson and W. Harrelson. NY: Harper & Row, 1962:177-95. Rice: BS1192 .A45

Anderson, T.D., "Renaming and Wedding Imagery in Isaiah 62," Biblica 67(1986), 75-80.

Bergey, R., "The Rhetorical Role of Reiteration in the Suffering Servant Poem (Isa 52:13--53:12)," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 97, 177-88.

Beuken, W.A.M. "Mispat: the First Servant Song and Its Context," Vetus Testamentum 22 (1972), 1-30.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph, "Fragments of ancient exegesis in an Isaian poem (Isa 2:6-22)," Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 93/1 (1981), 51-62.

Boadt, L., "The Poetry of Prophetic Persuasion: Preserving the Prophet's Persona," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 59 (1997), 1-21.

Bosman, H.J., "Syntactic Cohesion in Isaiah 24-27," in H.J. Bosman and H. van Gorl, et al, eds. Studies in Isaiah 24-27. Berlin/NY: de Gruyter, 2000: 19-50. Rice BS1515.2 .S783 2000.

_____ and H. van Grol, "Annotated Translation of Isaiah 24-27," in Studies in Isaiah 24-27 (2000), 3-12. Rice BS1515.2 .S783 2000.

Brettler, M.Z., "Incompatible Metaphors for YHWH in Isaiah 40-66," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 78 (1998), 97-120.

Brodie, L., "The Children and the Prince: The Structure, Nature and Date of Isaiah 6-12," Biblical Theology Bulletin 9 (1979), 27-31.

Carlson, R.A., "The Anti-Assyrian Character of the Oracle in Is. IX 1-6," Vetus Testamentum 24 (1974), 130-35.

Carr, D., "Reaching for Unity in Isaiah," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 57 (1993), 61-80.

Carroll, R.P., "Blindness and the Vision Thing: Blindness and Insight in the Book of Isaiah," in C.C. Broyles and C.A. Evans, eds. Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah. Leiden: E.J. Brill,  1997: 79-93. Rice: BS413 .V45 v.70.

Ceresko, A.R., "The Rhetorical Strategy of the Fourth Servant Song," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56 (1994), 42-55.

_____, "The Enemy from the North and the Chaos Tradition," Journal of Biblical Literature 78 (1959), 187-98.

Christensen, D.L., "The March of Conquest in Isaiah X 27c-34," Vetus Testamentum 26 (1976), 385-99.

Clements, R.E., "The Immanuel Prophecy of Isa 7:10-17 and Its Messianic Interpretation," In Die Hebraische Bibel und ihre  zweifache Nachgeschichte, ed. R. Rendtorff (Neukirchen-Vluyn,1990), 225-40.

***_____, "Patterns in the Prophetic Canon: Healing the Blind and the Lame," in G. Tucker, et al, eds. Canon, Theology and Old Testament Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988:189-200. Rice: BS1171.2 .C36 1988.

_____, "Beyond Tradition History: Deutero-Isaianic Development of First Isaiah's Themes," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 31 (1985), 95-113.

_____, "The Unity of the Book of Isaiah," Interpretation 36 (1982), 117-29.

_____, "The Prophecies of Isaiah and the Fall of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.," Vetus Testamentum 30 (1980a), 421-36.

Clifford, R.J., "The Unity of the Book of Isaiah and Its Cosmogonic Language," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 55 (1993), 1-17.

_____, "The Function of Idol Passages in Second Isaiah," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 42 (1980), 450-64.

Coggins, R.J., "Do We Still Need Deutero-Isaiah?," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 81 (1998), 77-92.

_____, "The Problem of Is. 24-27," Expository Times 90(1979), 328-333.

Cohen, C., "Neo-Assyrian Elements in the First Speech of the Biblical RAB-SAQE," Israel Oriental Studies 9 (1979), 32-48.

Colburn, L.R., "God's Promises for Harvesters [Isa 54:2-4]," AASS 2 (1999), 51-57.

Conrad, E. "The Royal Narratives and the Structure of the Book of Isaiah," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 41 (1988), 67-81.

_____, "The `Fear Not' Oracles in Second Isaiah," Vetus Testamentum 34 (1984), 129-152.

Darr, Katheryn P. "Two Unifying Female Images in the Book of Isaiah," in L. Hopfe, ed. Uncovering Ancient Stones. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1994, 17-30. Rice BS1171.2 .U49 1994

_____, "Like Warrior, Like Woman: Destruction and Deliverance in Isaiah 42:10-17," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 49 (1987), 560-71.

Davidson, R., "Universalism in Second Isaiah," Scottish Journal of Theology 16 (1963), 166-185.

Driver, G.R., "Isaiah I-XXXIX: Textual and Linguistic Problems," Journal of Semitic Studies 13 (1968), 36-57.

Dumbrell, William J., "The purpose of the book of Isaiah," Tyndale Bulletin 36 (1985), 111-128.

Eaton, J., "The Isaiah Tradition," in Israel's Prophetic Tradition. Ed. Richard Coggins, et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982:58-76. Rice: BS1505.2 .I8 1982

_____, "The Origin of the Book of Isaiah," Vetus Testamentum 9 (1959), 138-57.

***Eichrodt, W., "Prophet and Covenant: Observations on the Exegesis of Isaiah," in Proclamation and Presence. London: SCM, 1970; repr. Macon: Mercer, 1983:167-88. Rice: BS1192 .P75

Eissfeldt, O., "The Promises of Grace to David in Isaiah 55:1-5," in Israel's Prophetic Heritage, 1962:196-207. Rice: BS1192 .A45

Evans, C.A., "Isaiah 6:9-13 in the Context of Isaiah's Theology," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 29/2 (1986), 139-46.

Freedman, D.N., "Headings in the Books of the Eighth-Century Prophets," AUSS 25 (1987), 9-26.

Geyer, J.B., "The Night of Dumah (Isaiah xxi 11-12)," Vetus Testamentum 42 (1992), 317-39.

Ginsburg, H.L., "Reflexes of Sargon in Isaiah after 715 B.C.E.," Journal of the American Oriental Society 88 (1968), 47-53.

Gitay, Y., "Isaiah and the Syro-Ephraimitic War," in J. Vermeylen, ed. The Book of Isaiah (1989), 217-230.

_____, "Isaiah -- The Impractical Prophet," Bible Review 4 (1988), 10-15.

_____, "Reflections on the Study of the Prophetic Discourse: the Question of Isaiah I 2-20," Vetus Testamentum 33 (1983), 207-21.

_____, "Deutero-Isaiah: Oral or Written?," Journal of Biblical Literature 99 (1980), 185-97.

Goldingay, J., "Isaiah i 1 and ii 1," Vetus Testamentum 48 (1998), 326-32.

_____, "What Happens to Ms Babylon in Isaiah 47, Why, and Who Says So?," Tyndale Bulletin 47 (1995), 215-44.

Gottwald, N.K., "Immanuel as the Prophet's Son," Vetus Testamentum 8 (1958), 36-47.

Gowan, D.E., "Isaiah 6:1-8," Interpretation 45 (1991), 172-76.

Graffy, A., "The Literary Genre of Isaiah 5, 1-17," Bib 60 (1979), 400-409.

Grant, K., "`Where There's a Wilderness, There's a Way!': the Significance of Isaiah 40:3-5 for History, Geography, and Theology," Baptist Review of Theology 8 (1998), 7-23.

Halpern, B., "`The Excremental Vision': The Doomed priests of Doom in Isaiah 28," Hebrew Annual Review 10 (1986), 109-121.

Hamborg, G.R., "Reasons for Judgement in the Oracles Against the Nations of the Prophet Isaiah," Vetus Testamentum 31 (1981), 145-59.

Hayes, J.H., "The Tradition of Zion's Inviolability," Journal of Biblical Literature 82 (1963), 419-26.

Hayward, R., "The Chant of the Seraphim and the Worship of the Second Temple," Proceedings of the Irish Biblical Association 20 (1997), 62-80.

Hogenhaven, J., "The Prophet Isaiah and Judaean Foreign Policy Under Ahaz and Hezekiah," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 49 (1990), 351-54.

Holladay, W.L., "Text, Structure, and Irony in the Poem on the Fall of the Tyrant, Isaiah 14," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 61/4 (1999), 633-45.

Hoppe, L.J., "Isaiah 58:1-12, Fasting and Idolatry," Tyndale Bulletin 13 (1983), 44-47.

House, P.R., "Isaiah's Call and Its Context in Isaiah 1-6," Criswell Theological Review 6 (1993), 207-22.

Hurowitz, V., "Isaiah's Impure Lips and Their Purification in the Light of Mouth Purification and Mouth Purity in Akkadian Sources," Hebrew Union College Annual 60 (1989), 39-89.

Irwin, W.H., "Syntax and Style in Isaiah 26," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 41 (1979), 240-258.

Janzen, J.G., "An Echo of the Shema in Isaiah 51:1-3," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43 (1989), 69-82.

Jenkins, A.K., "Isaiah's Fourteenth Year: A New Interpretation of 2 Kings xviii 13-xix 37," Vetus Testamentum 26 (1976), 289-98.

Jensen, J., "Weal and Woe in Isaiah," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 43 (1981), 167-87.

_____, "The Age of Immanuel," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 41 (1979), 220-39.

Jeppesen, K., "From `you, my servant' to `the hand of the Lord is with my servants': a Discussion of Isaiah 40-66," Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament (1990), 113-29.

Jones, B.C., "Isaiah 8.11 and Isaiah's Vision of Yahweh," in History and Interpretation, eds. M.P. Graham, et al. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Press, 1993:145-159.

Kapelrud, A., "The Main Concern of Second Isaiah," Vetus Testamentum 32 (1982), 50-58.

Key, A.F., "The Magical Background of Is. 6:9-13," Journal of Biblical Literature 86 (1967), 198-204.

Knierim, R., "The Vocation of Isaiah," Vetus Testamentum 18 (1968), 48-57.

Kuhrt, A., "The Cyrus Cylinder and Achaemenid Imperial Policy," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 25 (1983), 83-97.

Laato, A. "Immanuel --who is with us? -- Hezekiah or Messiah?," in M. Augustin, ed. Wunschet Jerusalem  Frieden. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1988:313-22. Rice: BS1171.2 .I58 1986

Labahn, A., "The Delay of Salvation within Deutero-Isaiah," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 85 (1999), 71-84.

Lacheman, E., "Seraphim of Isaiah 6," Jewish Quarterly Review 59 (1968), 71-72.

Landy, F., "Vision and Voice in Isaiah," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 88 (2000), 19-36.

Limburg, J., "The Root riv and the Prophetic Lawsuit Speeches," Journal of Biblical Literature 88 (1969), 291-304.

Lindblad, U.M., "A Note on the Nameless Servant in Isaiah 42:1-4," Vetus Testamentum 43 (1993), 115-19.

Lindblom, J., "Wisdom in the Old Testament Prophets," Supplement to Vetus Testamentum 3 (1960), 192-204.

Luria, B.Z., "What is the Vineyard in Isaiah's Parable?" Beth Mikra 31 (1985-86), 289-92.

McGuire, E.M., "Yahweh and Leviathan, An Exegesis of Is. 27.1," Restoration Quarterly 13 (1970), 168-79.

McKane, W., "The Interpretation of Isaiah VII 14-25," Vetus Testamentum 17 (1967), 208-19.

Machinist, P., "Assyria and Its Image in the First Isaiah," Journal of the American Oriental Society 103 (1983), 719-37.

Matthews, V.H., "Treading the Winepress: Actual and Metaphorical Viticulture in the Ancient Near East," Semeia 86 (2001), 19-32.

Melugin, R.F., "The Servant, God's Call, and the Structure of Isaiah 40-48," SBL Seminar Papers (1991), 21-30.

_____, "The Conventional and the Creative in Isaiah's Judgment Oracles," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 36 (1974), 301-11.

Milgrom, J., "Did Isaiah Prophesy During the Reign of Uzziah?," Vetus Testamentum 14 (1964), 164-82.

Millard, A., "Sennacherib's Attack on Hezekiah," Tyndale Bulletin 36 (1985), 61-77.

Miller, P., "The Prophetic Critique of Kings," Ex Auditu 2 (1986), 82-95.

Miscall, P.D., "Isaiah: New Heavens, New Earth, New Book," in Reading Between Texts, ed. D. Fewell. Louisville: Westminster, 1993. Rice: BS1171.2 .R43

_____, "Isaiah: The Labyrinth of Images," Semeia 54 (1991), 103-21.

Motyer, J.A., "Context and Content in the Interpretation of Isaiah 7.14," Tyndale Bulletin 21 (1970), 118-26.

Niditch, S., "The Composition of Isaiah 1," Biblica 61 (1980), 509-29.

_____, "Is 6:1-8:18 as Dramatic Writing," Studia Theologica 40 (1986), 1-16.

Niessen, R., "The Virginity of the Almah in Isaiah 7:14," Bibliotheca Sacra 137 (1980), 133-150.

Oded, B., "The Historical Background of the Syro-Ephraimitic War Reconsidered," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 34 (1972), 153-65.

Olivier, J.P.J., "The Day of Midian and Isaiah 9:3b," Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 9 (1981), 143-49.

Otzen, B., "Traditions and Structures of Isaiah XXIV-XXVII," Vetus Testamentum 24 (1974), 196-206.

Pagán, Samuel, "Apocalyptic poetry: Isaiah 24-27," Bible Translator 43 (1992), 314-325.

Pieper, A, "The Great Prophecy of the Virgin's Son in Its Historical Setting: Isaiah 7:10-16," Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly 91 (1994), 186-204.

Polaski, D.C., "Reflections on a Mosaic Covenant: The Eternal Covenant (Isaiah 24.5) and Intertextuality," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 77 (1998), 55-73.

Raabe, P.R., "The Effect of Repetition in the Suffering Servant Song," Journal of Biblical Literature 103 (1984), 77-81.

Reichenbach, B.R., "'By His Stripes We Are Healed,'" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41 (1998), 551-60.

Rice, G., "A Neglected Interpretation of the Immanuel Prophecy," Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 90 (1978), 220-27.

_____, "The Interpretation of Isa 7:15-17," Journal of Biblical Literature 96 (1977), 363-69.

Ritchie, I.D., "The Nose Knows: Bodily Knowing in Isaiah 11.3," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 87 (2000), 59-73.

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_____, "The Genre of Isaiah 5:1-7," Journal of Biblical Literature 96 (1977), 337-362.

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[1] Some annotations are from Denver Journal, http://www.gospelcom.net/densem/dj/articles01/0100/0101.htm.

[2] Books with call numbers are available in HGST and/or Rice libraries. Some of the books at HGST may be on reserve, especially commentaries. Books marked *** are on reserve in HGST library, but they belong to Dr. Pitts.

[3] Commentaries which are recommended as a 2nd textbook are noted with “!”. All others are acceptable, where cost and time are a factor to the student except those noted “not acceptable as 2nd textbook.”

[4] Much of this section of the bibliography is adapted from Victor Matthew’s bibliography at http://courses.smsu.edu/vhm970f/bib/ISAIAH-02.html.