A Step Toward Cracking the Deutero-Isaiah Codes: His Name Is Israel!

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Zeroah Publishing LLC, 2007 - 232 pages
The late distinguished Professor R.N. Whybray of Old Testament wisdom literature formerly with the University of Hull, England, once commented on who the Servant is in the second half of the book of Isaiah. He said to the effect that the reason the later generations are so confused about the identity of this Servant is because the key to understanding the background of the original language has been lost. This author thinks that he has found the ?key? that will unlock the meaning, or the codes, if you will, of many verses in Isa 40-55, as amply documented in this book. Many verses that puzzled quite a few commentators for centuries have found the intended meaning through the use of this ?key?. The key is to read Isa 40-55 through the book of Jeremiah. This brand new approach to interpreting these sixteen much treasured chapters of Isaiah is a must read for all serious Bible students.The most satisfying and illuminating result of this study is that the Jeremiah new covenant is unveiled in two DI texts and in a split-up pattern. The Suffering Servant is positively identified as the Principal of the Superior Party of the new covenant. Through His willing acceptance of the vicarious suffering unto death, the new covenant and salvation are established. Furthermore, the receiving party of the new covenant is no longer limited to the house of Israel and Judah, but is extended to include all the peoples on this earth. And this prophecy was uttered hundreds of years before the Era of the New Testament. This is surely among the greatest prophecies, if not THE greatest prophecy.

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Contents

Introduction
1
The Books of Jeremiah and DeuteroIsaiah
12
Citation and Response
26
Double Comfort and Where is God?
43
The First and Second Servant Songs
55
Isaiah 50 and the Third Servant Song
75
We Will Wait for You
89
They are not and More
96
The Messages and Theology of Jeremiah and DI
166
A Self Evaluation of All the Responses
178
Concluding Remarks
181
On B D Sommers Comments on the New Covenant
192
Notes
197
Abbreviations
210
List of Responses and Citations
211
Index of Responses and Citations
216

Citations
103
The Fourth Servant Song and the New Covenant
115
The Servant Songs
141
Author Intention Analysis
155
Chart of Allusions of Isa 4055
217
Index of Biblical Citations
224
Index of Names
231
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