Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah - Enhanced Version [Kindle Edition]

Alfred Edersheim (Author)

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Alfred Edersheim believed that some knowledge of ancient Jewish society was necessary for the general reader of the New Testament to fully understand Jesus’ life and works. Edersheim’s The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah is an informal commentary on the Four Gospels, which highlights the intellectual and religious perspectives of the people who lived during the time of Jesus. By consulting both Rabbinic Law and Talmudic writings, Edersheim paints a vivid picture of the various locations where Jesus would have walked, prayed, and preached. Not only does Edersheim provide useful geographical and political clarifications, he also offers insight into the emotional and psychological experiences of individual Biblical characters as well. From Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, to His death, resurrection, and ascension into heaven—Edersheim reports the stages of Jesus’ life in exceptional detail, bringing animation and color into a set of stories that may seem distant to readers today.

Emmlaon Davis
CCEL Staff Writer

This edition features an artistic cover, a new promotional introduction, an index of scripture references, links for scripture references to the appropriate passages, and a hierarchical table of contents which makes it possible to navigate to any part of the book with a minimum of page turns.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 3767 KB
• Print Length: 738 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1116308703
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Christian Classics Ethereal Library; 1.1 edition (June 9, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002CQU5QY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
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93 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure Trove, December 5, 2004

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Anne Rice "Anne Rice" (Little Paradise, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah: New Updated Edition (Hardcover)

When you are tired of the endless controversies in current Biblical scholarship, when you're worn down from the specialist studies of language in this or that gospel, or the cynical books that claim to expose this and that redaction, when you want merely to exist in a rich, vital, eloquent literary world, securely based in scholarship itself, in which Second Temple Jerusalem comes to life, in which you can see Nazareth as if you were there, in which you can feel the pulse of the commerce and communications, and pilgrim crowds of the time of Christ -- then pick up this book. Dip into it by subject or time period. And you'll love it. Of course it was written by a believing man with a great generous soul. But it's thoroughly documented, and has immense and timeless insight to offer on many subjects. For some, it might be a rich corrective to the mini-series, and movies about Jesus which portray his surroundings as so meager and primitive, with no sense of the grandeur of the Holy City, and the complexity and variety of the village life that Jesus might have known. Jesus didn't live in the Stone Age as motion pictures and documentaries would have one believe. He lived in the busy world of Augustus and Tiberius Caesar. And this book embraces that period with vast wisdom and knowledge. It is outdated, yes. But the period in which it was written (late 1800's) is no doubt partly responsible for it's profound simplicty and overwhelming charm. Happy reading.

63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Vintage Masterpiece, February 7, 2000

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T. Mark - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah: New Updated Edition (Hardcover)

While somewhat outdated, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah remains a magnificent reference to the historical and cultural setting to the days of Jesus of Nazareth. Although written some 70 years prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edersheim's great work still offers highly valuable information and insight on the Gospels and related events. One of the more striking features of the book is the appendix list of 400+ Old Testament passages which were tagged by the ancient rabbis as being messianically applied. An absolute must for anyone who wish to study the Jewish expectations of the Messiah surrounding the days when the Nazarene Carpentar walked the Earth. Place this vintage masterpiece in your library, and you will find yourself going back to it time and time again.

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to beat for Jewish NT insight, May 13, 2002

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Dr. J. Sarfati (Brisbane, Queensland Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah: New Updated Edition (Hardcover)

This classic work is a goldmine of information about the context of the Gospels. Many of the events and sayings in Jesus's become even clearer when we understand the widespread Rabbinic teachings of His day. Edersheim's insight into the famous "Thou art Peter" is most interesting -- yes, Jesus was speaking Hebrew but he DID mean to distinguish petros and petra, because these names had also been incorporated into Hebrew and Aramaic. It's also very important to see how Jewish writers interpreted Messianic prophecies to see that the NT writers were following accepted procedure.

For something more modern, I recommend Dr Arnold Fruchtenbaum's books, especially Messianic Christology.