The second talk in the series on Isaiah focuses on the ‘historical pivot’, examining the prophesies given in this central section and how they relate to the overall structure. Chapters…
Chapters 6 and 53 are comparable, and Roger contrasts Uzziah the leprous king of chapter six with the ‘leprous messiah’ (as called by some rabbis) in chapter 53. These parallels…
Chapters 6-12 constitute a cogent ‘book within a book’, known as the book of Emmanuel, because of its major prophecies. The first prophecy is 'a virgin shall conceive and bring…
Concluding the study of chapters 6-12. The book of Emmanuel is divided into two, with a message to Judah then a message to Israel, both centred on famous messianic prophecies.…
In the second of three major parts of the Assyrian context to Isaiah we see especially the judgment of the nations around Israel, and Jesus is glimpsed as the divine…
Providing an overview of the final part of the Assyrian narrative. Six woes are declared, but they are threaded through with promises of hope, some of which are quoted in…
The first of two talks examining the third part of Isaiah often called 'Trito Isaiah' (chapters 56-66). Roger first reminds us of the way in which the book is divided,…
Beginning in chapter 58, we are reminded of some of the key themes of this section of Isaiah, namely sabbath, and the contrast between true and false religion. Then from…