The New Israel: A Commentary on Isaiah 56-66
Overview
“‘Isaiah’ provides us with a picture,” writes George A. F. Knight, “a pattern of revelation, hewn out of the facts of history.” In this book, which serves as a sequel to the author’s Servant Theology (the International Theological Commentary on Isaiah 40-55) with appropriate attention to significant critical issues.
Emphasizing Israel as “a light to the nations,” Knight is concerned throughout with the theological issues of contemporary, international scope. He sees Isaiah as addressed to the social, historical situation not only of its own day but of this day as well, with significance for Jews and Muslims as well as Christians—“a book meant for all who come after.”
Top Highlights
“In the spirit of that promise made to Sarah in Genesis, however, God himself (Isa. 56:4a) now ‘gives’ (v. 5) to the unmarried woman, the bachelor, the widow, the homosexual an equally valid and eschatologically significant place in the Covenant, even though these folk are unable to form a link in the historical chain of human life.” (Page 8)
“Consequently all that the Servant people are anointed here to say and to do they perform not on their own initiative nor in their own strength. All that happens to them or through them is of grace, of the power of grace, in a manner that no humanist need try to claim mankind can do of themselves.” (Page 51)
“Behold’ is the first word God uses to reply to them, meaning ‘Open your eyes, think, see!’” (Page 23)
“For the kingdom is the sacramental presence that is declared in the name Isaiah.” (Page xvii)
Product Details
- Title: The New Israel: A Commentary on Isaiah 56-66
- Author: George A. F. Knight
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Publication Date: 1984
- Pages: 125