(For most Christians, Isaiah 40-56 seems like a long colle...)
For most Christians, Isaiah 40-56 seems like a long collection of isolated verses. Though it contains many beautiful gems such as those immortalized in Handel's Messiah, these are separated by passages that often seem comparatively meaningless. Dr. MacRae shows that this whole section has a wondeful unity which sometimes lies hidden below the surface. Reading this book, you will be able to see the passage in a new light, to understand how its parts fit together, and to relive the gradual process of thought that reaches its great climax in the thrilling account of "the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow."
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He graduated from Occidental College in 1922 and earned a Master of Arts at the same school the following year. He studied under Reuben Archer Torrey at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles then obtained a Th.B. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1927. He earned an Master of Arts from Princeton University the same year, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1936.
MacRae was a scholar of Babylonian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Arabic, Syriac and other Semitic languages. He studied at the University of Berlin and spent four months with William F. Albright in archaeological exploration of the Biblical city Ham, mentioned in Genesis 14. However, he was of a certain segment of those within the OPC that held strong beliefs advocating premillennialism and abstinence from alcohol.
He separated from McIntire in 1971 to form Biblical Theological Seminary.
MacRae died on September 27, 1997, at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Home.
(For most Christians, Isaiah 40-56 seems like a long colle...)
