Book of Isaiah Resources
Websites
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This website is run by the Hasidic Jewish organization Chabad, giving their take on Isaiah and his book.
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The Jewish Encyclopedia article gives a good amount of extra detail from outside of The Book of Isaiah, including a more detailed description of Isaiah's sawed-inside-the-tree death from the Talmud.
Historical Documents
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President Eisenhower's farewell address was a warning against the influence of the "military industrial complex." That being the case, he referenced the line from Isaiah 2:3-4 about beating "swords into ploughshares" (though he uses the term a little differently.)
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President Reagan also referenced the "ploughshares" line in a speech to the UN, one in which he famously speculated on how quickly the US and Soviet Russia would band together under threat of an alien attack. Um, okay…
Video
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This tune from the King of Pop provides yet another reference to Isaiah's "swords into ploughshares" line. Nice touch, MJ.
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This song, itself, has nothing to do with Isaiah, but it was performed at Lilith Fair, an all-female music festival inspired by the character of Lilith, first mentioned in Isaiah.
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This U2 song relates Martin Luther King Jr. to the Suffering Servant from Isaiah: "One man come here to justify / One man to overthrow."
Audio
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Handel's Messiah (the piece with the famous "Hallelujah" part) begins by setting some of Isaiah's prophecies to music. Check out this version from a Cambridge University choir.
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The original Bob Dylan version of the song—inspired by lines from Isaiah—is discussed in the "Pop Culture References" section. But this version is included here because Dylan said it was a better version then his own song. Jimi Hendrix truly made it his own.
Images
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The motto on the Dartmouth College seal echoes Isaiah 40:3 (by way of Mark's gospel, which quotes it): "A voice crying out in the wilderness."
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This is Michelangelo's way of envisioning Isaiah from the Sistine Chapel. He looks beardless, yet… scholarly.
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This is 19th Century British artist William Strutt's drawing of the scene depicted in Isaiah 11:6, with the carnivorous and herbivorous animals getting chummy, and a little child leading them. Aww.
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Bearded and looking every inch the prophet, Isaiah appears unrolling a scroll—probably a rough draft of his book.
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This Russian Monastery's portrait of Isaiah is a pretty austere and dignified looking one.
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Here's a stained glass portrayal of Isaiah's tête-à-tête with those fearsome seraphim—though significantly less fearsome, in this case.