Isaiah is sometimes referred to as the “Fifth Gospel” because early Christian interpreters drew upon it so much as they attempted to show that the Gospel was “promised beforehand” in the Scriptures (Romans 1:2).  With 66 chapters, Isaiah is a sprawling book which culminates in a vision of “new heavens and a new earth” (65:17).  This class will focus on key portions of Isaiah and will involve an attempt to understand his prophecy in its original context and to think about how it is also Christian Scripture.