RELIGION MISCTutorial 3. Chapter 4 Isaiah (Isa 1-39) A.J. Herschel..The Prophets p. 76-123.

l What Manner of Man Is the Prophet? Sensitivity to evil-The importance of trivialities-Luminous and explosive-The highest good-One octave too high-An iconoclast-Austerity and compassion-Sweeping allegationsFew are guilty, all are responsible-The blastfrom heaven-The coalition of callousness and authority-Loneliness and miseryThe people's tolerance-An assayer, messenger, witness-The primary content of experience-The prophet's response. 2 Amos Amos and his contemporaries-God and the nations-The anger of the Lord-A Redeemer pained by the people's failureIconoclasm-The Lord repented-An encounter will save. 3 32Vlll e C o n te n t s 3 Hosea 47 Hosea and his times-Political promiscuity-Tension between anger and compassion-Hosea sees a drama-Emotional solidarity-Longing for reunion-How to share disillusionment-Hosea's marriage-The man-iage an act of sympathy-Daath elohim. 4 Isaiah: (Isa. 1-39) 76 Prosperity and power-Isaiah and the Northern KingdomSurrender to Assyria-A covenant with death-Jerusalem rejoices, Isaiah is distressed-If you will not believe, you will not abide-Against alliances-Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man-Sennacherib's invasion of Judah-Confusions-The anger of the Lord-Divine sorrow-There is sorrow in His angerSympathy for God-At one with His people-The vision of Isaiah-Uncanny indifference-My people go into exile for want of knowledge-A remnant will return-Zion. 5 Micah 124 6 Jeremiah 130 Complacency and distress-The age of wrath-God's love of Israel-The inner tension-The sorrow and anguish of the Lord-Sympathy for God-Sympathy for Israel-The polarity within-The hypertrophy of sympathy-Prophecy not the only instrument-The collapse of Assyria-The emergence of the Babylonian empire-The fall of Jerusalem. 7 Habakkuk 178 8 Second Isaiah 184 On the eve of redemption-My right is disregarded by God-Who taught Him the path of justice?-The suffering servant-In all their affliction, He was afflicted-Because I love you-The Lord's oath-A light to the nations-The word of our God will stand forever. 9 History 202 The idolatry of might-There is no regard for man-For not by force shall man prevail-The pantheism of history-The unity ofC on te n t s