Posts tagged with "Deutero-Isaiah"

Israel as Servant in Isaiah – Lectionary Reading

Today’s lectionary reading is one of the places in Isaiah where there is an explicit identification of the servant, as in the servant of the “Servant Songs.”  Nothing new here for academics, but it throws a bit of a wrench in for those who grew up accustomed to thinking about many of the “Servant Songs” (primarily the one in Is. 52 & 53) as prophecies foretelling the death of Jesus hundreds of years beforehand.

And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” (Is 49.3)

The identification of the servant is notoriously difficult as almost all proposals do not work well for every one of the servant passages in Isaiah.  Proposals range from Moses, to Israel, to the prophet Isaiah, …

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Isaiah 49:15 – Our Mother, Who Art in Heaven (Video)

Nah, just kidding; however, there is some feminine imagery for God in Isaiah 49:15 as well as in other place in Second Isaiah.  Isaiah 49:15 is part of the lectionary reading for today.  I could have just pasted the verses in and made a few comments, but I’m still experimenting a bit with adding more video to my blog.  And, I used this as an excuse.