Isaiah 56–66
in International Critical Commentary
Pages
560
Publisher
T&T Clark
Published
1/2/2014
ISBN-13
9780567569622
For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments.
The new commentaries continue this tradition. All new evidence now available is incorporated and new methods of study are applied. The authors are of the highest international standing. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.
Professor John Goldingay, a noted specialist on Deutero and Trito Isaiah continues his breathtaking work of commentary, following his widely acclaimed volumes (with David Payne) of the International Critical Commentary on Isaiah 40-55.
The new commentaries continue this tradition. All new evidence now available is incorporated and new methods of study are applied. The authors are of the highest international standing. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.
Professor John Goldingay, a noted specialist on Deutero and Trito Isaiah continues his breathtaking work of commentary, following his widely acclaimed volumes (with David Payne) of the International Critical Commentary on Isaiah 40-55.
Collections
This book appears in the following featured collections.
- TGC: Scholarly Commentaries by The Gospel Coalition
Reviews
DavidH
August 9, 2026
August 9, 2026
Goldingay’s ICC treatment of Isaiah 56–66 is exceptionally good at allowing the complexity of these chapters to remain complex. Rather than reconstructing an elaborate sequence of factions and redactional layers whenever the material appears inconsistent, he first asks whether the tensions make sense within the literary and theological argument of the text itself. His analysis of the final chapters pays close attention to textual divisions, repeated motifs and the larger architecture of 56–66; for example, he recognizes significant correspondences between the opening concern for foreigners and worship and the final vision of the nations in 66:18–24. He is equally good on the tension between judgment and restoration, insiders and outsiders, servants and rebels, and divine initiative and human response. It is technical and sometimes demanding, but for serious work on Isaiah’s final eleven chapters it is difficult to surpass.
The Gospel Coalition
June 1, 2024
June 1, 2024
Goldingay is a critical scholar but a noted specialist on “Deutero” and “Trito” Isaiah. His breathtaking work is insightful and deserves the scholarly distinction it has received.
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