The Book of Isaiah
in New International Commentary on the Old Testament
The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 1–39
Pages
759
Publisher
Eerdmans
Published
1/1/1986
ISBN-13
9780802825292
The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 40–66
Pages
755
Publisher
Eerdmans
Published
1/1/1998
ISBN-13
9780802825346
Collections
This book appears in the following featured collections.
- John Piper's OT Commentary Recommendations by John Piper (Desiring God)
- First Commentary Set by Brian LeStourgeon
- Recommended OT Commentaries by Denver Seminary Journal
- Ultimate Commentary Collection: OT Technical by John Glynn
- Favorite Advanced OT Commentaries by Jeremy Pierce (parableman)
- Best Advanced OT Commentaries by Jason Gile
- Old Testament Advanced Commentaries by Moore Theological College Journal: Societas
- Basic Library Booklist by Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
- Cambridge Chinese Christian: Recommended Commentaries by Calvin Cheah
- Building an OT Commentary Library by Invitation to Biblical Interpretation (Kostenberger & Patterson)
- TGC: Preaching Commentaries by The Gospel Coalition
Reviews
The Gospel Coalition
June 1, 2024
June 1, 2024
Oswalt’s NICOT commentary carefully balances the book’s structure, the flow of thought of each passage, and exegetical nuggets from the original language to support its interpretive decisions. Oswalt is fabulous on verse-by-verse details.
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DrRobert
October 2, 2022
October 2, 2022
Having enjoyed Block's commentary on Ezekiel in the same series, I was disappointed to find this on Isaiah such extremely hard work. If you want a study of textual variants, disputed authorships and scholarly controversies, this may be for you (although somewhat out of date). But if you want a warm, encouraging, challenging commentary that helps you understand the dilemmas, choices, fear and faith of Isaiah and his contemporaries, and which strengthens your trust in God, then Barry Webb's BST volume is much more helpful. We wait eagerly for the forthcoming volume on Isaiah by Peter Gentry in the Zondervan Exegetical commentary series.
Fred
February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020
I am teaching a Bible Study on Isaiah and this and the NIVAC commentary are by far the most helpful and seem to be well-balanced and faithful to the text. It is also one of the few commentaries that improperly doesn't read into the text of Isaiah 18 as a judgement against Ethiopia just because it has the word "Woe/Ah" at the beginning.
A.E. Carnehl
September 12, 2014
September 12, 2014
Oswalt's Isaiah commentary in NICOT is excellent. He writes from a refreshingly conservative and evangelical point of view. His comments are always very thorough without being complicated or recondite. This is a very fine commentary that will be used by pastors and church workers for decades and decades.
Tim Challies
January 6, 2014
January 6, 2014
Like Motyler, Oswalt has written multiple volumes on Isaiah. His contribution to the NIVAC is regarded as top-notch but this, his entry in the NICOT, is far more thorough. Keith Mathison says, “The completion of John Oswalt’s commentary on Isaiah in 1998 was a major blessing to the Christian church. This work, which replaced E. J. Young’s older three-volume commentary on Isaiah in the NICOT series, is a model of careful evangelical scholarship. It should be on the desk of every student of the Old Testament.”
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JD
August 29, 2013
August 29, 2013
Oswalt is one of the best commentaries on Isaiah that I've encountered. His work is scholarly and thorough, but written in a way that is easy to read and understand.
Mark Underkofler
November 10, 2012
November 10, 2012
Beautifully written commentary that reads like a Christian living book while having the depth of a strong exegetical commentary. He has worked carefully with the text in detail without losing track of the big themes and moves of the book. He holds to Isaiah authorship for the entire book.
One of the best commentaries on any book of the Bible for the pastor or student seeking to understand the Scriptures for preaching, teaching, personal study or research.
Strength- Easy to read and written at the level of the pastor or college student to understand and preach/teach this book.
Weakness- Not as strong interacting with the more recent higher criticism issues in scholarship today.
Ligonier Ministries (Keith A. Mathison)
November 17, 2008
November 17, 2008
The completion of John Oswalt's commentary on Isaiah in 1998 was a major blessing to the Christian church. This work, which replaced E. J. Young's older three-volume commentary on Isaiah in the NICOT series, is a model of careful evangelical scholarship. It should be on the desk of every student of the Old Testament. It should be consulted along with Motyer. Oswalt has also written a less technical commentary on Isaiah for the NIV Application Commentary series. This volume does not replace the larger two-volume work, but it will be of use to busy pastors.
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Brian LeStourgeon
July 29, 2008
July 29, 2008
Oswalt is the recognized evangelical work of choice. I also highly recommend Motyer’s The Prophecy of Isaiah (IVP, 1993 – not the abridged 1999 version) for its literary insights.
Jeremy Pierce (parableman)
June 28, 2008
June 28, 2008
Best evangelical commentary on Isaiah.
I enjoyed Oswalt's commentary on Isaiah 1-39 while leading a Bible study on it. It's the most comprehensive conservative evangelical commentary, much better than its predecessor in the series by E.J. Young. I share more theologically with Young and Alec Motyer's commentary, but Oswalt is balanced most of the time and presents so much more information that I wouldn't want to use either of the others without his...
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Denver Seminary Journal
June 16, 2008
June 16, 2008
Solid Evangelical exposition of the biblical text. Introduction could be stronger.
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