Christ Among the Messiahs

Christ Among the Messiahs
Author: Matthew V. Novenson
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199844577

He then traces the rise and fall of "the messianic idea"' in Jewish studies and gives an alternative account of early Jewish messiah language: the convention worked because there existed both an accessible pool of linguistic resources and a community of competent language users. Whereas it is commonly objected that the normal rules for understanding "christos" do not apply in the case of Paul since he uses the word as a name rather than a title, Novenson shows that "christos" in Paul is neither a name nor a title but rather a Greek honorific, like Epiphanes or Augustus. Focusing on several set phrases that have been taken as evidence that Paul either did or did not use "christos" in its conventional sense, Novenson concludes that the question cannot be settled at the level of formal grammar. Examining nine passages in which Paul comments on how he means the word "christos", Novenson shows that they do all that we normally expect any text to do to count as a messiah text.

Jesus the Messiah

Jesus the Messiah
Author: Robert H. Stein
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2009-08-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830875832

In this accessible introduction to Jesus Christ, Robert Stein draws together the results of a career of research and writing on Jesus and the Gospels. Now in paperback, this classic textbook is clearly written, ably argued, and geared to the needs of students, giving probing minds a sure grounding in the life and ministry of Jesus.

The Grammar of Messianism

The Grammar of Messianism
Author: Matthew V. Novenson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2017
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0190255021

In this book, Novenson gives a revisionist account of messianism in antiquity. He shows that, for the ancient Jews and Christians who used the term, a messiah was not an article of faith but a manner of speaking: a scriptural figure of speech useful for thinking kinds of political order.

Messiah and Scripture

Messiah and Scripture
Author: J. Thomas Hewitt
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2020-07-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 316159228X

"J. Thomas Hewitt demonstrates how Paul's development and uses of the expression "in Christ" arise from his messianic intepretation of scriptures concerning Abraham's seed and Daniel's "son of man". This type of creative scriptural interpretation is a common trait of ancient Jewish messiah texts." --

The Messiah Before Jesus

The Messiah Before Jesus
Author: Israel Knohl
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2000-10-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780520215924

Publisher Fact Sheet Argues that there was a "messianic forerunner" to Jesus named Menachem who lived a generation earlier & served as a sort of role model for Jesus & his messianic movement.

King and Messiah as Son of God

King and Messiah as Son of God
Author: Adela Yarbro Collins
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2008-11-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 146742059X

This book traces the history of the idea that the king and later the messiah is Son of God, from its origins in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology to its Christian appropriation in the New Testament. Both highly regarded scholars, Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins argue that Jesus was called “the Son of God” precisely because he was believed to be the messianic king. This belief and tradition, they contend, led to the identification of Jesus as preexistent, personified Wisdom, or a heavenly being in the New Testament canon. However, the titles Jesus is given are historical titles tracing back to Egyptian New Kingdom ideology. Therefore the title “Son of God” is likely solely messianic and not literal. King and Messiah as Son of God is distinctive in its range, spanning both Testaments and informed by ancient Near Eastern literature and Jewish noncanonical literature.

Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs

Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs
Author: Richard A. Horsley
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1999-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781563382734

A brilliant portrait of Jewish culture in the first century rediscovers the common people in the time of Jesus, and contains a fresh evaluation of Jesus' relation to this complex society.

The Messiah Myth

The Messiah Myth
Author: Thomas L. Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2009-04-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0786739118

Since the eighteenth century, scholars and historians studying the texts of the Bible have attempted to distill historical facts and biography from the mythology and miracles described there. That trend continues into the present day, as scholars such as those of the "Jesus Seminar" dissect the Gospels and other early Christian writings to separate the "Jesus of history" from the "Christ of faith." But with The Messiah Myth, noted Biblical scholar Thomas L. Thompson argues that the quest for the historical Jesus is beside the point, since the Jesus of the Gospels never existed.Like King David before him, says Thompson, the Jesus of the Bible is an amalgamation of themes from Near Eastern mythology and traditions of kingship and divinity. The theme of a messiah-a divinely appointed king who restores the world to perfection-is typical of Egyptian and Babylonian royal ideology dating back to the Bronze Age. In Thompson's view, the contemporary audience for whom the Old and New Testament were written would naturally have interpreted David and Jesus not as historical figures, but as metaphors embodying long-established messianic traditions. Challenging widely held assumptions about the sources of the Bible and the quest for the historical Jesus, The Messiah Myth is sure to spark interest and heated debate.

Messiah's Ministry

Messiah's Ministry
Author: William Varner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2021-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781948048620

The Jews in the first century wondered: who would He resemble? Would He be a prophet like Moses? A priest like Melchizedek? A king like David? He would surprise them all, from the day He entered the Jordan River until He went through a metamorphosis on a high mountain. He would be tested in a harsh wilderness-and pass the test! He would deliver those tormented by demons and feed both a Jewish and a Gentile multitude, and yet be rejected by his neighbors. So here is His ministry, in the midst of an intensely Jewish world of Pharisees and Sadducees and Essenes, confounding them all because no man spoke quite like Him. Come and see Him also beside the lovely waters of the Sea of Galilee. You will never be the same if you behold His ministry in the light of the Scriptures that He so loved, lived, and fulfilled.