The Prophecy of Isaiah
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Drawing on a lifetime of study and teaching the book, J. Alec Motyer presents a landmark, single-volume commentary on the prophecy of Isaiah. He emphasizes the grammatical, historical, structural, literary, and theological dimensions of the text, and pays particular attention to three central and recurring themes: the messianic hope, the motif of the city, and the theology of the Holy One of Israel.
Top Highlights
“A single theme binds the first thirty-seven chapters of Isaiah: the king who reigns in Zion.” (Page 37)
“Faith is the central reality of the Lord’s people, not just their distinctiveness but their ground of existence. No faith, no people.” (Page 83)
“Holiness is God’s hidden glory; glory is God’s all-present holiness.” (Page 77)
“As a title it is full of majesty and mystery: the God who is transcendent in holiness has brought himself into close relationship with a specified people whereby they may claim that he is theirs and he that they are his. The whole Isaianic literature is an explication of this basic situation: the awesome threat which holiness constitutes to an unworthy, careless, rejecting and unresponsive people (chapters 1–37); the lengths to which the Holy One will go to deal with sin, reclaim the sinner and create a righteous people for himself (chapters 40–55); and the eternal state of holiness which he will prepare for them and wherein they will enjoy him for ever (chapters 56–66).” (Page 18)
“The following commentary attempts this task in detail, but an initial overview will set the scene by tracing five unificatory lines which bind the Isaianic literature: the Messianic hope, the motif of the city, the Holy One of Israel, history and faith and literary and structural features.” (Page 13)
- Title: The Prophecy of Isaiah
- Author: J. Alec Motyer
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 1996
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Isaiah › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780830814244, 0830814248
- Resource ID: LLS:29.28.2
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:02:06Z
J. Alec Motyer (1924–2016) was a renowned Old Testament pastor and scholar. With extensive experience in parish ministry, he was principal of Trinity College in Bristol, England, and was well known as a Bible expositor. His books include The Prophecy of Isaiah, and he was the Old Testament editor of The Bible Speaks Today commentary series.
Reviews
59 ratings
Joseph
8/26/2024
Niayzghi
8/20/2024
Pei-hung Lin
8/2/2024
Garrett Tyson
6/18/2024
In my opinion, this is by far the best conservative commentary on Isaiah that holds to single authorship. There is a literary and theological sensitivity to it, and even people holding to multiple authorship will find many helpful insights. I much prefer this to John Oswalt and Barry Webb, in particular. Those who find themselves wanting more technical information, and who are working in the Hebrew of Isaiah 40-66, will want to add Shalom Paul's commentary (assuming they are open to learning from critical scholars). Paul does a good job answering the questions that Hebrew translators have as they work through the text, and covers things in greater detail than Motyer.
Debra W Bouey
6/7/2024
Kenneth Mar
3/1/2024
Mathew Haferkamp
10/10/2023
I give a one star rating because logos has poorly linked this book. Any thing in bold type (as in titles of sections) that has verses ( 1. The title (1:1) page 42) is NOT LINKED. Every other book I have read from logos has these linked. Is time saving not a priority anymore??? But I have just started reading the book, so it does not reflect on the content of the book.Bill Nelson
9/9/2022
Philemon Schott
1/16/2022
