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Exposition of Isaiah, One-Volume Edition Hardcover – January 1, 1978

by Herbert C. Leupold (Author)
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    984 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Baker Pub Group
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1978
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 2.25 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0801055776
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0801055775
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Pub Group; 1st edition (January 1, 1978)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 984 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801055776
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801055775
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 2.25 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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ryan rafaelsen
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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2014
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Very detailed and in depth but not boring. It reads very smoothly and is a great study tool.
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Randall K. Geiser
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This book arrived as promised and I have been enjoying it and use it to prepare lessons for a bible study group of 30 men. I am very please with the product and price.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A must read, again and again.
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Very indepth but I need to read it again and again. In my humble opinion there were a few passages that seemed to be more opinion that fact to me but that is a convern with any biblical exposition. The basic idea of an exposition is to provide the reader with an educated interpretation that is subject to the author's persuasion, passions and prejudices.
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Bobby E.
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Really love it. I got it today.
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JJLathe
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Perspective
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2011
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Ever since I read him on Genesis, I have sought his opinions on any text of Scripture. I only wish he had published more.
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spfdgreg
5.0 out of 5 stars very informative
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2022
This commentary on Isaiah is written from a conservative Protestant perspective. It is detailed, passage-by-passage exposition of the text, but is not so technical that one needs a reading knowledge of Hebrew to get anything out of it. Leupold writes for pastors and church teachers, not other academics. Anyone preaching through Isaiah will find this to be a valuable study tool.
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"Dr. Z" Richard Zeile
4.0 out of 5 stars Much Analysis, Not Enough Synthesis
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
There is a certain irony in stating that a 977-page exposition of Isaiah (that's about 18 pages of commentary per page of Isaiah!) needs more, and yet it does. Not more of the same- the exposition is thorough and the Author's translation is a helpful new look at traditional material- but the work would be improved by features that other commentaries, notably the Anchor Bible series, usually provide. The Exposition features original translation and commentary, a few notes on Hebrew matters, but lacks an index which is sorely needed to help navigate themes or concepts that appear in more than one place. This is a particular need because the work was originally written as two volumes and while the 50-page Introduction to the first volume (Isaiah 1-39) is perhaps adequate the 10-page Introduction to the second is not, lacking the thematic discussion provided in the first, and vaguely stating that what was said in the first volume applies to the second. The present work provides a select bibliography (as part of the volume 1 Introduction) of 17 books, mostly commentaries, 7 of them in German (Eissfeldt, Koenig, Haller, Fitsch, von Orelli, Procksch, Delitsch, Luther); G. Ernest Wright was the only English author I recognized. It is perhaps the most dated part of the book and there is little or no specialized literature. The Volume 1 Introduction covers much helpful material, but the initial reading of it is difficult to comprehend until the commentary itself is read; by the time I finished the second volume I had forgotten that the introduction was even there! And because it discusses themes/concepts (Zion, Messiah, remnant, etc.) that pertain to chapters 1-39 only, these same themes as well as those that emerge in chapters 40-66 (Servant, return, etc.) get no treatment in the Introduction to Volume 2.

Thus, what is lacking in this monumental volume is synthesis. There is pain-staking analysis, verse by verse, but I felt the need at times to pull things together, relate one part to another. This is in part due to the length of Isaiah, and in part to the nature of Leupold's work, originally published as two separate volumes, treating the usual division of Isaiah 1-39 and Isaiah 40-66. Imagine a discussion of a house- the overall structure is significant, much more so than the individual bricks, even if a brick or two are out of place, though the quality of the brick is essential. Or to use another metaphor, one may analyze a motor, hook it up and show how it works but without its intended context (in a car) much is lost or misunderstood. The study of Isaiah without more theological context is misleading or meaningless to those who do not bring that context with them. The Introductions provide some, but more is needed.

The analysis strives to be consistent with a conservative Lutheran understanding, but presumes certain assumptions, now dated, about history. Conservative Lutherans were very much imbued with the 19th Century historian Von Ranke’s desire to recover “how things really were,” as opposed to how they are remembered. This led to a tendency to contrast what a text meant at the time against its later influence or interpretation, finding more significance in differences than in continuities in historical understandinds. The Hegelian influence which led to so-called higher criticism (the historical-critical method) should be obvious here for it finds significance in the presumed thesis/antithesis found in every idea. In Leupold there is a tendency to view certain trans-historical ideas/experiences like “exile” as a point in time (the Babylonian Exile) rather than as a recurring condition, or on-going reality. By the latter I mean that in Isaiah’s day under Hezekiah, Samaria was destroyed with its sanctuaries, and every town in Judah was overrun excepting Jerusalem, and even here the temple was stripped to pay a ransom demanded by the Assyrian monarch. Exile was not a distant threat but a present experience for the majority of Yahweh worshipers, but this is not sufficiently pointed out in the exposition, or utilized in the interpretation. Instead the plea is made that the Prophet was enabled to see the future exile and speak of it as if it were in the past. This is true, but it is not enough because it presents the prophet’s message as disjointed from the (original) hearers’ experience when in fact it would have been more relevant to those experiencing the onset of exile than on those looking back from Babylon.

Some of the exposition spends time in assumed context when there is no documentation or qualification. In Isaiah 65:3-5 where various practices of false or idolatrous religions are condemned, the Author describes a cult that incorporated all these features. If based on actual evidence, what we know about ancient Hebrew practices from other writings or archaeology, well and good (and please cite the sources), but if it is nothing more that the commentator’s guess, than it is imposing a questionable interpretation on material that really needs no further exposition. And sometimes our Author falls into the expositor’s vice of explaining that which is obvious, and remaining silent on what really would benefit from explanation, whether an unsuspected connection, an assumed association, or a presumed circumstance.

Some of the best exposition is where the Author points out poetic features, images, associations in text. For example, Isaiah 59:7-8 points out the various images for pathways/roads for the “Feet that rush to do evil.” But sometimes attention is wasted on identifying a specific event, person, or time (the attempt to describe “how it actually was”). Poetry is not primarily about its subjects (Shakespeare’s Dark Lady, for example, or the particulars of the Good Samaritan or his beneficiary) but about other matters- What is the relation of looks to love? (Shakespeare); What does compassion look like? (Good Samaritan); Etc. Leupold’s discussion of Isaiah 41 asserts that the trial/judgment of the nations is about Cyrus’ coming conquest, a misguided attempt to see this description of judgment (which in some ways parallels Isaiah 1) as turning on a particular event. The conqueror is “From the East” but could just as well be Assyria or Babylon; and because the message is about something greater than any particular event, I believe is an example of the limited perspective the Von Ranke influence can lead to. Trying to find out how “It actually was” excludes the ambiguous or multifaceted character of repeated experiences/events. Leupold’s treatment of Isaiah 21, anticipating the fall of Babylon, rightly suggests the poetic meaning of “Babylon” in Israel’s history even before the exile, but struggles to differentiate the material from a report of an event which would not be likely from the Prophet of Hezikiah’s day (contra Isaiah 39).

I had appreciated Leupold’s commentary on Daniel because it pointed out the unity and theme of the diverse materials in that book, and provided some homiletic (preaching) suggestions. The sheer volume of material in Isaiah makes the synthetic approach more difficult. Never the less, the Christian teacher/preacher will find much useful material to ponder and enlighten. While the broader themes and structures in the book might be lacking, the analysis and discussion of the text is worthwhile.
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Robert H.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2019
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A good pastoral commentary, even today!
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