The Study Podcast

This week on The Study Podcast, Paul Wegner and host Tyler Sanders continue hopping around the palistrophe in Isaiah 5-12. First, they talk about  what an uplifted hand oracle is (hint: it is about punishment), where they are (Isaiah 5:24-30 and 9:8-10:4), and what they mean for Israel. Then they get to the Isaianic Memoir (6:1-9:7), and focus on what is probably the most familiar passage in the b...

This week on The Study Podcast, Dr. Paul Wegner and host Tyler Sanders get into the Song of the Vineyard, the Song of Thanksgiving and the woe oracles - that means they are jumping back-and-forth through the text! Why are they talking about Isaiah 5 and 12 and skipping 6-11 this week? Because 5-12 is a palistrophe—a big one! In case you have forgotten, a palistrophe is a literary structure that re...

This week on The Study Podcast, Dr. Paul Wegner and host Tyler Sanders walk through Isaiah 2-4. The people of Israel continue to disobey and God continues to call them to obey. The disobedience of Israel brings severe punishment, but the refining discipline leads to a hopeful future.

This week on The Study Podcast, Dr. Wegner and host Tyler Sanders get into the text: Chapter one of Isaiah! Dr. Wegner introduces the theme of Isaiah - Will Israel ever obey? - and covers additional thematic elements related to that question: restoration, punishment of the wicked and a remnant that is saved. 

A common theme in Isaiah's prophecy is asking the people of Israel: Can you trust the God that you serve? How does this question impact the question of authorship? Hear about the timeline of Isaiah's life and prophecy and the arguments against and for Isaiah's penmanship. 

In the second episode of The Study Podcast, join Dr. Paul Wegner and host Tyler Sanders as they discuss common literary devices used in the Book of Isaiah. This introduction to parallelism, Hebrew word play, similes, chiasms, and more is a good foundation for later episodes that dig more directly into the biblical text!

Meet the hosts of The Study Podcast - Dr. Paul Wegner and Tyler Sanders! More importantly, get to know Isaiah! Get an overview of the historical context of the text, the structural layout of the chapters, and major topics in Isaiah studies.