Behold My Servant: Sermons on Isaiah 52:13-53:12 James Buchanan 9781848710504

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he writes: ‘These men may be said to have lived fast

Although the hoped-for unity between the English and Scottish churches did not materialise

and so much of what he wrote remains pertinent to the practice of an edifying ministry in the present

valuable exposition of the characteristics of saving faith – and his much longer

Behold My Servant: Sermons on Isaiah 52:13-53:12 James Buchanan 9781848710504Of the many sermons which Calvin preached on the Book of Isaiah between July 1556 and August 1559, only eleven were published in his lifetime. Seven of them are newly translated here, all on Isaiahs Fourth Servant Song (Isa. 52: 1353: 12). In a series of stunning scenes which have no parallel in prophetic literature, Isaiah delineates the figure of one who is both sacrificial victim and Gods agent of salvation. In identifying the Servant with Jesus