The “fall of Lucifer” is the height of irony because it runs the pattern of the Tabernacle backwards. The king’s climb from the lowest realm to the highest is...
In a grim satire, Sheol is portrayed as a negative world, a moon shadow that parodies the lunar calendar of Israel but where the...
The barrenness of Babylon is depicted through an inversion of Solomon’s Canticle. Instead of pasture there is wilderness; instead of the merry songs of...
Unlike Babel, Babylon was not a “tower to heaven,” but the arrogance of its rulers was an offense whose stink ascended to the court...
The Boaz column focuses upon Israel’s renewed dominion of the earth. But to do so, it must first wipe the slate of rebellious man...
The reversal of the Creation pattern signifies a judgment of the utmost severity. De-creation means it would be as though the old World never...
In an ironic reprise of the table of nations in Genesis 10, Isaiah’s “kill list” in chapters 13-27 is a twin set of Mosaic...
Isaiah’s description of a mountain where wild and domestic animals live together in peace is a favorite proof text for a future rule of...
Here is the final cover design suite. Each book is between 400 and 500 pages so 4 books makes it more manageable for everyone....
A chapter from book 1 of The Shape of Isaiah: A Covenant-literary Analysis (Isaiah 1-12) The Highest of the Mountains “Because it’s there.” Every...