While Jews in ancient Israel had much in common, in fact there existed no such thing as an orthodox Judaism. Diverse Judaisms, each with its own way of life, world view, and definition of the social entity (or Israel) to whom it spoke, flourished. Since there was no single Judaism, there was no single Messiah-idea or Messianic doctrine. Various readings of the Messiah theme reached definition in the various unrelated religious systems or Judaisms produced by those Jews--hence "Judaisms" and "their Messiahs." In this book, distinguished specialists in late antiquity Judaisms, including Christian scholars, take up the differing place and role of the Messiah-idea. Dealing with the best-documented Judaic systems--the Essene community at Qumran, Christian Judaisms represented by Matthew and Mark, the nascent rabbinic Judaism portrayed in the Mishnah, the Judaic system implicit in the writings of Philo--each author works out how a given system treats the Messiah theme.
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formative canon, rebel watchers, saviour priest, imaginative labor, messianic drama, abridged history, messianic texts, messiah idea, persecuted righteous, messianic idea, eschatological battle, messianic era, messianic identity, messianic references, eschatological figure, messianic figure, transcendent figure, messianic passages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Chosen One, New York, Ben Sira, New Testament, Psalms of Solomon, Dead Sea Scrolls, Judas Maccabaeus, Davidic Messiah, Jesus Christ, Scholars Press, Lord of Spirits, Elect One, Lord of the Spirits, Alexander Jannaeus, Garden City, Damascus Document, Most High, Sibylline Oracles, Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, War Scroll, Apocalypse of Baruch, Jacob Neusner, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Eagle Vision New!
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Probably no religious category appears more endemic to Judaism than the messiah. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
formative canon, rebel watchers, saviour priest, imaginative labor, messianic drama, abridged history, messianic texts, messiah idea, persecuted righteous, messianic idea, eschatological battle, messianic era, messianic identity, messianic references, eschatological figure, messianic figure, transcendent figure, messianic passages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Chosen One, New York, Ben Sira, New Testament, Psalms of Solomon, Dead Sea Scrolls, Judas Maccabaeus, Davidic Messiah, Jesus Christ, Scholars Press, Lord of Spirits, Elect One, Lord of the Spirits, Alexander Jannaeus, Garden City, Damascus Document, Most High, Sibylline Oracles, Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, War Scroll, Apocalypse of Baruch, Jacob Neusner, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Eagle Vision New!
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- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments by James H. Charlesworth on 7 pages
- He That Cometh: The Messiah Concept in the Old Testament and Later Judaism (Biblical Resource Series) by Sigmund Mowinckel on 4 pages
- Formative Judaism: History, Hermeneutics, Law, and Religion--Ten Recent Essays (Academic Studies in the History of Judaism) (Global Academic Publishing Books) by Jacob Neusner on page 208, page 255, and page 263
- Religions in Antiquity: Essays in Memory of Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough by Jacob Neusner on page 108, page 220, and page 262
- The Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament (Christian Origins Library) by James H. Charlesworth on page 258, and page 262
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- Reopening the Word: Reading Mark as Theology in the Context of Early Judaism by Marie Noonan Sabin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- This Jesus: Martyr, Lord, Messiah by Markus Boxdkmuehl in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Jews and Christians: The Parting of the Ways, A. D. 70 to 135 by James D. G. Dunn on page 181
- The Creation of History in Ancient Israel by Marc Zvi Brettler in Back Matter
- The Creation of History in Ancient Israel by Marc Zvi Brettler in Back Matter
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