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Zusatztext Matthew Novenson's study of ancient messianism is revisionary as well as elegantly simple...[and] has enormous implications for understanding the Jewish origins of Christianity and a variety of New Testament texts. Informationen zum Autor Matthew V. Novenson is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. He has also been a visiting professor at Dartmouth College and Duke University and a visiting research fellow at Durham University. He is the author of Christ among the Messiahs (Oxford University Press, 2012). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. After the Messianic Idea 2. Oil and Power in Ancient Israel 3. Messiahs Born and Made 4. Messiahs Present and Absent 5. The Quest for the First Messiah 6. The Jewish Messiah-Christian Messiah Distinction 7. The Fate of Messiah Christology in Early Christianity 8. The Grammar of Messianism Bibliography Index of Subjects Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors
