Isaiah Author:John Goldingay The book of Isaiah depicts for its readers what happens when Isaiah volunteers to become YahwehÂs goferÂwhen he acts and speaks on YahwehÂs behalf with YahwehÂs authority. In this careful and insightful commentary on Isaiah, Goldingay unfolds the voices and messages of those prophetic actions and exper... more »iences. While doing this he points out that three attributes of Yahweh come into distinctive focus in Isaiah: YahwehÂs majesty and authority, YahwehÂs passion in anger and compassion, and YahwehÂs insight and capacity to formulate a plan and put it into effect. Goldingay also examines the way Isaiah thinks about the people of God and the relationship between the vision of who they could be, the reality of who they were, the calamity of that contrast, and ultimately the promise Yahweh offers to them.« less