The Messiah: In Early Judaism and Christianity »

In The Messiah, leading scholars offer succinct and illuminating essays on currents of messianic thought in the formative centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Special features designed with the student in mind include a map, a glossary of terms, and a timeline of significant events.

Contributors     vii
Acknowledgements     ix
Abbreviations     xi
Timeline     xvi
Map of Mediterranean Region during the Roman Era     xviii
Introduction   Magnus Zetterholm     xxi
Pre-Christian Jewish Messianism: An Overview   John J. Collins     1
Royal Ideology     2
The Promise to David     3
Messianic Expectation in the Prophets?     3
The Septuagint     7
The Dead Sea Scrolls     8
Messiah and Son of Man     16
Messianic Pretenders     18
Conclusion     19
The Messiah as Son of God in the Synoptic Gospels   Adela Yarbro Collins     21
The Gospel according to Mark     21
The Gospel according to Matthew     28
The Gospel according to Luke     29
Results     31
Paul and the Missing Messiah   Magnus Zetterholm     33
The Problem     33
Non-Jewish Involvement in Judaism     40
Networks and Conversion     43
Paul and the Torah     46
A Strategy for De-Judaizing Non-Jews     48
Jesus as Lord     51
Conclusion     54
Elijah and the Messiah as Spokesmen of Rabbinic Ideology   Karin Hedner-Zetterholm     57
Introduction     57
Messianism in Rabbinic Literature - A Brief Survey     58
Elijah as the Precursor of the Messiah     62
The Messiah and Elijah in the Mishnah     65
The Messiah and Elijah in the Babylonian Talmud     67
Conclusions     76
The Reception of Messianism and the Worship of Christ in the Post-Apostolic Church   Jan-Eric Steppa     79
The Legitimacy of the Christian Messiah     79
The Messianic Kingdom: Chiliasm in Early Christianity     94
Conclusion     114
Glossary     117
Notes     125
Bibliography     141
Index of Passages     157
Index of Modern Authors     161