Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: On the interpretation of Is 53 Message-ID: Date: 24 Dec 90 08:17:48 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , christian@geneva.rutgers.edu writes: > Finally, I'd like to comment that the Messiah and Israel as a whole > are not the only possibilities. I saw a study by Orlinsky proposing > that the reference is to the suffering of the prophet himself. In > this interpretation, the suffering is not vicarious, but simply a > result of the fact that as one of Israel he suffers along with his > nation. The message at church last Sunday was on Isaiah 53. This interpretation came up in the message as an example of a bad interpretion. Isaiah 53:9 says no deceit was found in the Servant's mouth - something Isaiah says is not true for himself. -- Kenneth J. Kutz Internet kutz@andy.bgsu.edu Systems Programmer BITNET KUTZ@ANDY University Computer Services UUCP ...!osu-cis!bgsuvax!kutz Bowling Green State Univ. US Mail 238 Math Science, BG OH 43403