Early Jewish Messianism in the New Testament : Reflections in the Dim Mirror /

Early Jewish Messianism in the New Testament : Reflections in the Dim Mirror /

In Early Jewish Messianism in the New Testament Serge Ruzer takes a new tack on the investigation of early Christian polemical strategies against the backdrop of Second Temple Judaism. Complementing traditional inquiry on the subject, Ruzer focuses on those elements of Messiah- and Christ-centered i...

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Main Author: Ruzer, Serge (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series ; 36.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407367.

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Messiah > Biblical teaching.
Messiah > Judaism.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament.

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Call Number: BS2775.6.P69

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Table of Contents:
  • List of Previously Published Studies Incorporated in This Volume
  • Introduction
  • 1 What Kind of Messiah? The Nature of Jesus' Messiahship vis-à-vis Second Temple Patterns of Messianic Belief
  • 1 Jesus as a Prophetic Anointed of the Spirit in the Narration of his Baptism
  • 2 Excursus: the Epistle to the Hebrews
  • 3 What Kind of Prophetic Anointment?
  • 4 Additional Aspects of Jesus' Messiahship
  • 5 From the 'Three Crowns' to the Heavenly Redeemer
  • 6 Between Daniel and Parables of Enoch
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 2 The Problem of Davidic Messiahship
  • 1 Problematic Character of the Davidic Messiahship Claim
  • 2 Dead Sea Scrolls Evidence
  • 3 Synoptic Narrative
  • 4 The Book of Acts
  • 5 Acts 1:6-11
  • 6 Acts 2:22-36
  • 7 Acts 4:25-28
  • 8 Acts 15:13-21
  • 9 Romans 1:1-4
  • 10 Epistle to the Hebrews and the Book of Revelation
  • 11 Conclusion
  • 3 Inauguration of the Messianic Advent
  • 1 Mark 1:11 as the Programmatic Opening of Jesus' Messianic Biography
  • 2 The Figure and Function of John the Baptizer
  • 3 Introduction of Jesus into the Narrative
  • 4 The Commencement of the Messianic Event according to Genesis Rabbah
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 4 Son of God as Son of David
  • Adapting a Problematic Second Temple Designation to the Messianic Agenda
  • 1 Biblical Evidence
  • 2 Second Temple Period Background
  • 3 Son of God in the New Testament: General Remarks
  • 4 Son of God in Luke
  • 5 Jesus' Baptism as Establishing His Divine Sonship in the Synoptic Tradition: Mark
  • 6 Jesus' Baptism as Establishing His Divine Sonship in the Synoptic Tradition: (Matthew and) Luke
  • 7 Crucifixion and Resurrection of the Son of God: Luke's Version
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 5 Jesus as the Messianic Interpreter of the Torah
  • 1 Jesus as a Champion of the Pharisaic Mode of Interpretation in the Sermon on the Mount
  • 2 Antitheses in Light of the Programmatic Statement in Matt 5:17-20
  • 3 The Anti-Qumranic Stance of Matt 5:43-48
  • 4 Practicing Piety: Almsgiving, Fasting and Prayer
  • 5 The Lord's Prayer and the Alternative Path to Forgiveness of Sins
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 6 Jesus as the New Moses - Signs and Wonders
  • 1 Rabbinic Evidence
  • 2 The Fourth Gospel's Messianic Strategies
  • 3 Signs and Wonders at the Time of Exodus and Jesus' Miracles
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 7 Jesus as the New Moses - Bearers of Logos' Path to Divinization
  • 1 Jesus as Bearer of God's Logos in the Johannine Prologue
  • 2 Conclusion
  • 8 The Heavenly Redeemer from Daniel 7 as a Messianic Figure
  • 1 Singling Out the Heavenly Son-of-Man Motif
  • 2 Son of Man in the New Testament
  • 3 "Son of Man" as Generic Appellation
  • 4 "Son of Man" as Relating Specifically to Jesus
  • 5 The Heavenly Son of Man and the Jerusalem Crisis
  • 6 Harmonizing Earthly and Heavenly Messianic Scenarios in Acts 1
  • 7 The Heavenly Son of Man before the Jerusalem Crisis
  • 8 Summing Up
  • 9 Rabbinic Discourse on the Davidic and Heavenly Messiah
  • 10 Conclusion
  • 9 The Search for the Meaning of Crucifixion
  • 1 Persecution of God's Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and in Luke
  • 2 Book of Acts on Jesus' Death
  • 3 The Pattern of the Martyr's Beneficiary Death
  • 4 Isaiah 53: a Prophet's Suffering with a Vicarious Redemptive Meaning
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 10 Reassessing Eschatological Failure as God's Mystery
  • 1 Heavenly Secrets as the Content of Revelation
  • 2 Dead Sea Scrolls Evidence
  • 3 Mystery Language in Pesher Habakkuk
  • 4 Mystery Terminology and Postponement of the End in the New Testament
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.