A TRACNSCRIPT OF LECTURE NOTES

IN
BIBLICAL NARRATIVES

Compiled, Extracted, and Condensed

From the notes of

SEM. JONATHAN T. RAAGAS

SEM. DARYL JAKE V. IGLESIAS
SEM. NEIL EZRA R. YU
SEM. MAYNARD FLORES

THE PROPHETS
ISAIAH
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from the Kingdom of Judah

composed during the 8th century B.C.
in the context of an Assyrian threat that was

becoming daily more acute

composed during the reign of four kings of
Judah: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

OUTLINE:
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Proto-Isaiah (1-39) Israels desertion and

consequences
Deutero-Isaiah (40-55) Liberation of Israel by

Cyrus of Persia
Trito-Isaiah (56-66) Concerning Jerusalem, the
Temple, and the Sabbath

THEMES:
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God is holy, the people must also be holy

(ethical behavior) (cf. Is. 6)

proclaimed the need to have faith and constant

reliance on God (Is. 40)

Monotheism
New Exodus
contains prophecies on the coming of the Messiah
and the Incarnation
a. the voice in the wilderness (Is 40)
b. Emmanuel (Is. 7)
c. A shoot from Jesses stock (Is. 11)

contains prophecies concerning the suffering

Messiah (esp. the four songs of the Servant)
a. Here is my servant (Is. 42)
b. Listen you far off islands (Is. 42)
c. The Lord has given me a disciples tongue
(Is. 50)

d. In him there is no beauty (Is. 53)

FACTS:
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Aramaic original
oldest extant scrolls (2) are from those found
in Qumran 1st century before Christ