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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153147803321

Titolo

Redemption and resistance : the messianic hopes of Jews and Christians in antiquity / / edited by Markus Bockmuehl & James Carleton Paget

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : T & T Clark, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-567-25503-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Disciplina

296.336

Soggetti

Messiah - Judaism - History of doctrines

Messiah - History of doctrines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; PART I: ORIGINS OF JEWISH MESSIANIC EXPECTATION; Chapter 1. THE PERSIAN PERIOD; Chapter 2. THE HASMONEAN PERIOD; Chapter 3. THE HERODIAN PERIOD; Chapter 4. PLUTARCH'S LIFE OF NUMA: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON GRAECO-ROMAN 'MESSIANISM'; PART II: THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 5. RESISTANCE AND REDEMPTION IN THE JESUS TRADITION; Chapter 6. MESSIANISM AND CHRISTOLOGY: MARK, MATTHEW, LUKE AND ACTS; Chapter 7. MESSIAH AND RESISTANCE IN THE GOSPEL AND EPISTLES OF JOHN; Chapter 8. THE CHRIST OF PAUL

Chapter 9. THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES AND HEBREWSChapter 10. THE APOCALYPSE; PART III: JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MESSIANISM IN CONTACT AND CONTROVERSY; Chapter 11. MESSIANISM AND POLITICS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL, 66-135 C.E.; Chapter 12. JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE HOLY LAND, 135-325 C.E.; Chapter 13. SYRIA AND MESOPOTAMIA: THE SHARED TERM MALKA MSHI(omitted)A; Chapter 14. EGYPT; Chapter 15. THE WEST AND NORTH AFRICA; Chapter 16. MATERIAL REMAINS; Chapter 17. THE RABBIS AND MESSIANISM; Chapter 18. MESSIANISM IN ANCIENT BIBLE TRANSLATIONS IN GREEK AND LATIN

Chapter 19. MESSIANISM IN ANCIENT BIBLE TRANSLATIONS IN ARAMAIC AND SYRIACChapter 20. JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MESSIANIC HOPES IN



PRE-ISLAMIC BYZANTIUM; Chapter 21. FALSE PROPHET, FALSE MESSIAH AND THE RELIGIOUS SCENE IN SEVENTH-CENTURY JERUSALEM; Appendix: William Horbury's Publications; Works Cited; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; P; Q; R; S; T; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Redemption and Resistance brings together an eminent cast of contributors to provide a state-of-the-art discussion of Messianism as a topic of political and religious commitment and controversy. By surveying this motif over nearly a thousand years with the help of a focused historical and political searchlight, this volume is sure to break fresh ground. It will serve as an attractive contribution to the history of ancient Judaism and Christianity, of the complex and often problematic relationship between them, and of the conflicting loyalties their hopes for redemption created vis-Ã -vis a pub