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Full Text of N.T. Wright’s Recent St Andrews Lecture
With permission, it is my great pleasure to give you the full text of Professor N.T. Wright’s first address as professor at the University of St Andrews. My own notes from this lecture were previously posted on this blog, here. St Andrews University: Distance Learning Programme ‘The Bible and the Contemporary World’ Special Lecture by [...]
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“How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”: Some Thoughts on OT Lesson 39
Isaiah 50-53 In 1979, a biblical scholar named John Eaton published a work entitled Festal Drama in Deutero-Isaiah. Eaton, following the work of Ivan Engnell and others, saw in the “Servant Songs” and other themes of chapters 40-55, 60-62 of Isaiah allusions to the themes of the Ancient Israelite New Year Festival (which I’ve so [...]
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What Did the Authors of Isaiah 40-55 Really Know About Babylon: Dr Lena Sophia Tiemeyer
Yesterday I had the privilege of hearing from Dr Lena Sophia Tiemeyer, Lecturer in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the University of Aberdeen, as she presented a paper at our weekly Biblical Studies seminar. Her study was entitled “What Did the Authors of Isaiah 40-55 Really Know About Babylon?” The timing of this presentation, for the [...]
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“Beside Me There is No Saviour”: Old Testament Lesson 38
Isaiah 40-49 Sorry for the dearth of posts recently — the semester at St Andrews has now started up and I have found myself overwhelmed trying to set a new schedule and routine for myself. Among the various things I’m doing this semester, I am very excited about sitting in on Jim Davila’s Book of [...]
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William Hamblin: Temple Themes in Isaiah 13-29
BYU Professor William Hamblin already has his notes on temple themes in Isaiah posted for chapters 13-29. Check them out at his blog: http://hamblinofjerusalem.blogspot.com/ Or directly on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/whamblin
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William Hamblin Update: Temple Themes in Isaiah 4-12
Have a look at Prof William Hamblin’s notes on temple themes in Isaiah 4-12: On his blog: http://hamblinofjerusalem.blogspot.com/ On Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/document_collections/2635815 It’s all very insightful material, and I especially like the stuff on Isaiah 6.
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Thou Hast Done Wonderful Things: Further Thoughts on OT Lesson 37
This post is a continuation of the last one — just sharing some further thoughts Sunday School Lesson 37. Isaiah Chapter 25 This chapter begins like many of the psalms, praising the Lord for the great salvific deeds he has performed for the redemption of the house of Israel. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, thou art [...]
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Professor Jim Davila on Christology: Son of God and Son of Man