Into the Heart of Isaiah
The Multi-layered Message of Isaiah 40-55
Format:Hardback
Publisher:SPCK Publishing
Published:15th Oct '26
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Tom Wright invites you to take a deep dive into 'The Fifth Gospel' (Isaiah 40-55), drawing out its vital importance for understanding the mission of Jesus and demonstrating its enduring relevance for Christians today.
For centuries Christians have turned to Isaiah to understand Jesus. Yet too often we have read its great prophecies as isolated predictions, rather than as part of the sweeping story God was telling through Israel. Tom Wright invites you to take a deep dive into 'The Fifth Gospel' (Isaiah Chapters 40-55), drawing out its vital importance for understanding the mission of Jesus and demonstrating its enduring relevance for Christians today. In Into the Heart of Isaiah, Tom Wright guides readers through Isaiah 40-55, the so-called "Fifth Gospel", revealing its central importance for understanding Jesus, the early church and the mission of God's people today. Reading these chapters as one unfolding drama, Wright explores Isaiah's vision of exile and homecoming, Israel's God returning to Zion, the strange vocation of the suffering Servant, the renewal of covenant and the promise of new creation. With his characteristic clarity and depth, Wright shows how these themes come to their climax in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus - and how they continue to shape the church's calling in the power of the Spirit.
'Wright provides us with a rich reading of Isaiah 40 - 55 that recounts Israel's story, relates it to the witness of the New Testament, and addresses the Church today. It is Wright at his best - exegetically insightful, theologically powerful and ecclesially prophetic.' -- Andrew Abernethy, Professor of Old Testament, Wheaton College, Illinois
'Understanding that Isaiah 40 - 55 is one extended and complex poem, Tom Wright skilfully guides us through its contours. In so doing, he demonstrates with clarity and insight that it speaks about God's restorative mission, a mission that not only spoke to ancient Israel but also provided a key text for the writers in the New Testament as they told the story of Jesus. It is a restorative mission to which God continues to call us today. This is essential reading for those who want to understand the richness of the gospel message and its grounding in the Old Testament.' -- David G. Firth, Tutor in Old Testament, Trinity College Bristol
'With typical panache, Tom Wright shows how Isaiah 40 - 55, embedded in the biblical story, unfolds a Trinitarian vision for the renewal of creation, culminating in the resurrection of Christ and the gift of the Spirit to the Church. The tone is urgent and persuasive, and always illuminating. The prophet speaks to our world, calling out the idols of Mars and Mammon, still widely venerated by contemporary political leaders, and pointing back to the one true God, mysteriously all-powerful in the form of a Servant-king.' -- Gordon McConville, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Theology, University of Gloucestershire
'Again and again, Tom Wright manages to bring his colossal intelligence and immense scholarship together in an extraordinarily accessible manner to produce books which are a joy and inspiration to read.' -- Church Times
ISBN: 9780281091447
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256 pages