The community and message of Isaiah 56-66: A theological commentary

"If we would be wise and live realistically in the 20th century, we must search the prophets." Dr. Achtemeier has enlightened our search through this clear, penetrating study of Isaiah 56-66. She shows how God works through theprophetsto deal with the realities of Israel's day-to-day living, and how this experience of God's people in an earlier time can guide and inform his people today. This book is the first full-length commentary on third Isaiah based on the results of current research. Dr. Achtemeier shares her excitement in discovering the text's meaning for Israel and what it says to modern readers about the living God. She shows how these chapters were used by the evangelists in their description of the activity of Jesus and in their accounts of the early church.