Isaiah 52 and 53 famously describe a mysterious figure that scholars have dubbed the “Suffering Servant.” The parallels between the Servant and Jesus are striking, and the New Testament authors see ...
Aristotle writes that we would never go to the theater to see terrible things happen to a good man through no fault of his. Yet here we gather, aching for a good man’s sorrows and turning to him to ...
The New Testament quotes three Old Testament books more than any others: Deuteronomy, the Psalms, and Isaiah. The latter is quoted, in particular, because it contains messianic prophecies that point ...