Unto us a child is born: Isaiah, Advent, and our Jewish neighbors
Cover -- TitlePage -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Bifocal Look at Isaiah -- Why Isaiah? -- A Story from the Rabbis -- How to Read This Book -- Part One: Isaiah through Bifocals -- 1. Using Our Near Vision during Advent -- A Peculiar Converg...
| Summary: | Cover -- TitlePage -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Bifocal Look at Isaiah -- Why Isaiah? -- A Story from the Rabbis -- How to Read This Book -- Part One: Isaiah through Bifocals -- 1. Using Our Near Vision during Advent -- A Peculiar Convergence of Two Theological Emphases -- Old and New Testaments: The Problematic Prophecy-Fulfillment Paradigm -- Advent and the Lectionary -- Reframing Prophecy -- Conclusion -- 2. Using Our Far Vision to Love Our Jewish Neighbors -- The Messiah -- Supersessionism -- Anti-Judaism -- Post-Holocaust, Christian Reading -- Conclusion -- Part Two: Isaiah's "Messianic" Texts -- 3. Isaiah 7:10-16 -- The Originating Context of Isaiah 7 -- The First-Century CE Context of Matthew 1 -- A Jewish Context: Isaiah 7:14 as Reference to King Hezekiah -- Our Contexts Today -- A Bifocal Look -- 4. Isaiah 9:2-7 -- The Originating Context of Isaiah 9 -- Early Christian Contexts -- Handel's Messiah -- Our Contexts Today -- A Bifocal Look -- 5. Isaiah 11:1-10 -- The Originating Context of Isaiah 11 -- Two Early Church Readings of Isaiah 11 -- Early Jewish Translation and Interpretation of Isaiah 11 -- Tree of Jesse -- A Contemporary Jewish Liturgical Context -- Our Contexts Today -- A Bifocal Look -- 6. Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 -- The Originating Context of Isaiah 61 -- Isaiah 61 at Qumran -- Isaiah 61 and Matthew 11 // Luke 7 -- Isaiah 61 and Luke 4 -- Rabbinic Interpretation -- Calvin -- Our Contexts Today -- A Bifocal Look -- Part Three: Isaiah's Visions of the Future -- 7. Isaiah 2:1-5 -- The Originating Context of Isaiah 2 -- Intertextuality: Micah 4:1-4 -- A Contemporary Jewish Reading -- Isaiah 2 and World Politics -- Our Contexts Today -- A Bifocal Look -- 8. Isaiah 35:1-10 -- The Originating Context of Isaiah 35 -- Rashi as Illustrative of Jewish Interpretation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (209 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1467459860 |