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ISAIAH J. Gordon McConville BAKER COMMENTARY ON THE OLD TESTAMENT: PROPHETIC BOOKS Mark J. Boda and J. Gordon McConville, series editors The book of Isaiah has been regarded from the earliest Christian period as a key part of the Old Testament’s witness to Jesus Christ. This commentary by Old Testament scholar J. Gordon McConville draws on the best of biblical scholarship as well as the Christian tradition to offer a substantive and useful commentary on Isaiah. McConville treats Isaiah as an ancient Israelite document that speaks to twenty-first-century Christians. He examines the text section by section—offering a fresh translation, textual notes, paragraph-level commentary, and theological reflection—and shows how the prophetic words are framed to persuade audiences. Grounded in rigorous scholarship but useful for those who preach and teach, this volume is the second in a new series on the Prophets. Series volumes are both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text. The Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Prophetic Books series is designed to complement the well-received Baker Com- mentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms series. Other BCOT series cover the Pentateuch and the Historical Books. “Readers of a commentary on Isaiah may hope that it will help them grasp the book of Isaiah as a whole, the way different parts relate to different contexts, the theological significance of these different parts, how Isaiah looks when read in light of the New Testament, what we might learn from modern study of it, and the actual meaning of individual chapters. McConville gives sensible and illumi- nating answers to all these questions.” —JOHN GOLDINGAY, Fuller Theological Seminary (emeritus)
APRIL 2023 • 832 pp. • cloth • $64.99 • 9780801030949
J. Gordon McConville (PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast) is professor emeritus of Old Testament theology at the University of Gloucestershire. He previously taught at Trinity College, Bristol, and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. McConville has writ- ten or edited many books, including Being Human in God’s World , Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets , and commentaries on Deuteronomy, Joshua, 1 and 2 Chronicles, and Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
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“An invaluable resource for student and scholar alike.” —CHLOE T. SUN, Logos Evangelical Seminary “This commentary on these six important prophets will take a prominent place on my shelf.” —BILL T. ARNOLD, Asbury Theological Seminary
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