Scholars have long debated the identity of the servant in the first servant poem of Isaiah. This present volume provides a fresh reinvestigation of the identity of the servant in Isaiah 42:1-9 and its role among the other servant poems, also examining other relevant "servant" passages in Isaiah-particularly in Second Isaiah. The result reveals a thorough linguistic, intratextual, and thematic framework for interpreting the identity and role of this servant.

• Table of Contents (page 5)
• List of Tables (page 9)
• List of Abbreviations (page 11)
• Acknowledgments (page 17)
• Chapter 1. Introduction (page 19)
• Background to the Problem (page 19)
• Statement of the Problem (page 28)
• Purpose of the Study (page 29)
• History of Interpretation of the Servant of the Lord in Isaiah (page 29)
• Justification for the Study (page 54)
• Delimitations (page 54)
• Methodology (page 54)
• The Nature of Biblical Typology within Classical Prophecy (page 56)
• Chapter 2. An Exegetical Investigation of Isaiah 42:1-9 (page 63)
• Introduction (page 63)
• The Servant in Isaiah 40-55 (page 63)
• The Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 (page 79)
• Summary (page 90)
• The Servant in Isaiah 42:1-4 (page 91)
• Summary (page 132)
• The Servant in Isaiah 42:5-9 (page 133)
• Summary (page 179)
• Conclusion (page 180)
• Chapter 3. Intratextual Relationships With Other Servant References (page 181)
• Introduction (page 181)
• Comparison of First Servant Poem to Second Servant Poem - Isaiah 49:1-12 (page 182)
• Comparison of First Servant Poem to Third Servant Poem - Isaiah 50:4-11 (page 194)
• Comparison of First Servant Poem to Fourth Servant Poem - Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (page 203)
• Comparison of First Servant Poem to Other Isaianic 'Servant' Passages (page 220)
• Comparing the Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 with the Servant of Isaiah 41:8-9 (page 220)
• Comparing the Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 with the Servant of Isaiah 42:16-25 (page 224)
• Comparing the Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 with the Servant of Isaiah 45:1-8 (page 227)
• Individual Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 vs. Corporate Servant of Isaiah 43:10 (page 233)
• Individual Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 vs. Corporate Servant of Isaiah 44:1,2 (page 238)
• Individual Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 vs. Corporate Servant of Isaiah 44:21 (page 239)
• Individual Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 vs. Corporate Servant of Isaiah 44:26 (page 240)
• Individual Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 vs. Corporate Servant of Isaiah 48:20 (page 241)
• Individual Servant of Isaiah 42:1-9 vs. Plural Servants of Isaiah 54:17 (page 241)
• Intratextual Links Between Isaiah 42:1-9 and Other Messianic Hope Passages Outside of Isaiah 40-55 (page 242)
• Conclusion (page 262)
• Chapter 4. Theology of the First Servant Poem in its Canonical Context (page 265)
• Introduction (page 265)
• Theology of the First Servant Poem (page 265)
• Development/Theology of the First Servant Poem in Light of the Other Isaianic Servant Poems (page 285)
• Theology of the Servant in the Context of Isaiah 40-55 (page 303)
• Who is the Servant of the First Servant Poem? (page 309)
• Summary and Conclusion (page 317)
• Chapter 5. Summary and Conclusion (page 321)
• Summary (page 321)
• Conclusion (page 325)
• Application (page 327)
• Implications for Further Study (page 327)
• Bibliography (page 331)
• Index (page 365)