Justin J. Evans

Isaiah Bibliography

Commentaries
  • Achtemeier, Elizabeth R. The Community and Message of Isaiah 56-66: A Theological Commentary. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg House, 1982.
  • Baltzer, Klaus. Deutero-Isaiah: A Commentary on Isaiah 40-55. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Hermeneia. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2001.
  • Beuken, Willem A. Isaiah II. Volume II: Isaiah 28-39. Historical Commentary on the Old Testament. Leuven: Peeters, 2000.
  • Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Isaiah. 3 vols. Anchor Bible 19-19B. New York, NY: Doubleday, 2000-03.
  • Brueggemann, Walter. Isaiah. 2 vols. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1998.
  • Childs, Brevard S. Isaiah. Old Testament Library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.
  • Goldingay, John. Isaiah. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001.
  • ———. The Message of Isaiah 49-55: A Literary-Theological Commentary. London: T & T Clark, 2005.
  • Goldingay, John and David Payne. Isaiah 40-55. 2 vols. International Critical Commentary. London: T & T Clark, 2007.
  • Grogan, Geoffrey W. “Isaiah” in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 6. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1986.
  • Hanson, Paul D. Isaiah 40–66. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1995.
  • Kaiser, Otto. Isaiah 1-12. 2nd ed. OTL. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1983.
  • ———. Isaiah 13-39. OTL. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1974.
  • Penner, Ken. Isaiah. Brill Septuagint Commentary Series. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
  • Koole, J. L. Isaiah III. Chapters 40-66. 3 vols. Historical Commentary on the Old Testament. Leuven: Peeters, 1997-2002.
  • McConville, J. Gordon. Isaiah. Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Prophetic Books. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2023.
  • Miscall, Peter D. Isaiah. 2nd ed. Readings: A New Biblical Commentary. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006.
  • Motyer, J. Alec. The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction and Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
  • ———. Isaiah: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999.
  • Niskanen, Paul V. Isaiah 56-66. Berit Olam. Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier, 2014.
  • Oswalt, John N. The Book of Isaiah. 2 vols. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1986-98.
  • ———. Isaiah. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.
  • Paul, Shalom M. Isaiah 40–66. Eerdmans Critical Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2012.
  • Paul Kim, Hyun Chul. Reading Isaiah: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Reading the Old Testament. Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2016.
  • Roberts, J. J. M. First Isaiah (Chapters 1-39). Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015.
  • Seitz, Christopher R. Isaiah 1–39. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching a Preaching. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1993. (see Hanson)
  • Smith, Gary. Isaiah. 2 vols. New American Commentary 15A-B. Nashville, TN: B & H Publishing, 2007-09.
  • Sweeney, Marvin A. Isaiah 1-39 with an Introduction to Prophetic Literature. Forms of the Old Testament Literature 16. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996.
  • ———. Isaiah 40-66. Forms of the Old Testament Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016.
  • Tull, Patricia K. Isaiah 1–39. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2010.
  • Walker, Larry L. “Isaiah” in Isaiah, Jeremiah & Lamentations. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005.
  • Watts, John D. W. Isaiah. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Word Biblical Commentary 24-25. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2005.
  • Webb, Barry G. The Message of Isaiah. Rev. ed. The Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2023.
  • Wegner, Paul D. Isaiah. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021.
  • Westermann, Claus. Isaiah 40-66. Old Testament Library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1974. 
  • Wildberger, Hans. Isaiah 1-39. 3 vols. Translated by Thomas H. Trapp. Continental Commentaries. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 1991-2002.
  • Williamson, H. G. M. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 1-27: Isaiah 1-5. International Critical Commentary. London: T & T Clark, 2006.
  • ———. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 1-27: Isaiah 6-12. International Critical Commentary. London: T & T Clark, 2018.
  • Young, Edward J. The Book of Isaiah. 3 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1965-72.
Introductory Guides
  • Barton, John. Isaiah 1–39. T & T Clark Study Guides. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 1995.
  • Beyer, Bryan E. Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey. Encountering Biblical Studies. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007.
  • Conrad, Edgar W. Reading Isaiah. Overtures in Biblical Theology. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1991.
  • Emmerson, Grace I. Isaiah 56–66. T & T Clark Study Guides. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004.
  • Firth, David G., and H. G. M. Williamson. Interpreting Isaiah: Issues and Approaches. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009.
  • Hayes, John H., and Stuart A. Irvine. Isaiah the Eighth Century Prophet: His Times and His Preaching. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1987.
  • Stromberg, Jacob. An Introduction to the Study of Isaiah. T & T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2011.
Monographs and Edited Volumes
  • Allis, Oswald T. The Unity of Isaiah: A Study in Prophecy. Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1950.
  • Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2006.
  • Bock, Darrell L., and Mitch Glaser. The Gospel According to Isaiah 53: Encountering the Suffering Servant in Jewish and Christian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2012.
  • Clements, Ronald E. Isaiah and the Deliverance of Jerusalem: A Study in the Interpretation of Prophecy in the Old Testament. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 13. Sheffield: Sheffield Press, 1980.
  • Darr, Katheryn Pfisterer. Isaiah’s Vision and the Family of God. Literary Currents in Biblical Interpretation. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994.
  • Ma, Wonsuk. Until the Spirit Comes: The Spirit of God in the Book of Isaiah. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 271. Sheffield: Sheffield Press, 1999.
  • Melugin, Roy F., and Marvin A. Sweeney. New Visions of Isaiah. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 214. Sheffield: Sheffield Press, 1996.
  • Millar, William R. Isaiah 24-27 and the Origin of Apocalyptic. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1976.
  • Sommer, Benjamin D. A Prophet Reads Scripture: Allusion in Isaiah 40-66. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1998.
  • Stromberg, Jacob. Isaiah After Exile: The Author of Third Isaiah as Reader and Redactor of the Book. Oxford Theological Monographs. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • Tull, Patricia K. Remember the Former Things: The Recollection of Previous Texts in Second Isaiah. SBL Dissertation Series 161. Atlanta, GA: Society for Biblical Literature, 1997.
  • Williamson, H. G. M. The Book Called Isaiah: Deutero-Isaiah’s Role in Composition and Redaction. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005.

[updated January 2024]