GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the different characteristics of
Jehovah's servant in Isaiah 49-53. 2. What was the prophet's purpose in
presenting this vivid portrait of Jehovah's ideal servant? 3. Describe the
class to whom the prophet appealed. 4. His interpretation of the task of
the servant. 5. His training. 6. The different methods whereby he was to
accomplish his mission. 7. Did the prophet have in mind an individual, a
class, or simply an ideal character? 8. In what ways were his predictions
fulfilled? 9. In what sense is his ideal of service of present-day
application?
SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The meaning and history of the
different messianic titles. _St. O.T._, III, 39, 47; _En. Bib._, III,
3057-61. 2. Contents and unity of Isaiah 49-55. _St. O.T._, III, 28-30;
Box, _Isaiah_, 238-83. 3. How far was Jesus influenced by the ideal of the
suffering servant?