Messianism among Jews and Christians : twelve biblical and historical studies / William Horbury.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction to the Second Edition; Jews and Christians; A perspective from scripture and tradition; Approaches to messianism; Continuity and coherence; The Septuagint Pentateuch; Messianism and the Israelite people; National and messianic suffering; Literature; Introduction to the First Edition; Debate on the importance of messianic hope; New sources in late twentieth-century study; Messianic hope in ancient biblical interpretation; Messianism and catastrophe; Messianism and monotheism; The structure and scope of this book

Particulars of First PublicationLiterature; Part 1 The Second Temple Period; Chapter 1 Messianism in the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; Vocabulary and scope; The Apocrypha and the question of a messianological vacuum; The Pseudepigrapha and the diversity of messianism; Chapter 2 The Gifts of God in Ezekiel the Tragedian; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; Literature; Chapter 3 Herod's Temple and 'Herod's Days'; I. Narratives of the building of the temple; II. Persius on 'Herod's Days'; III. Conclusions; Part 2 The New Testament

Chapter 4 The Messianic Associations of 'The Son of Man'1I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Literature; Chapter 5 The Twelve and the Phylarchs; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; Literature; Chapter 6 Jerusalem in Pre-Pauline and Pauline Hope; I; II; Literature; Chapter 7 The Aaronic Priesthood in the Epistle to the Hebrews; I; II; III; IV; V; Literature; Chapter 8 Septuagintal and New Testament Conceptions of the Church; Attributes of the Church; Titles of the Church; Literature; Part 3 Synagogue and Church in the Roman Empire; Chapter 9 Messianism among Jews and Christians in the Second Century

I. IntroductionII. Messianism among the Christians; III. Jewish history in the second century; IV. Conclusion; Chapter 10 Suffering and Messianism in Yose ben Yose; Suffering; Messianism; Conclusions; Chapter 11 Antichrist among Jews and Gentiles; I. The wicked one; II. Titan; Literature; Chapter 12 The Cult of Christ and the Cult of the Saints; I; II; III; IV; Literature; Index of Subjects; Index of Authors; Index of References

William Horbury considers the issue of messianism as it arises in Jewish and Christian tradition. Whilst Horbury's primary focus is the Herodian period and the New Testament, he presents a broader historical trajectory, looking back to the Apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, and onward to Judaism and Christianity in the Roman empire. Within this framework Horbury treats such central themes as messianism in the Apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the Son of man and Pauline hopes for a new Jerusalem, and Jewish and Christian messianism in the second century. Neglected topics are also given due consideration, including suffering and messianism in synagogue poetry, and the relation of Christian and Jewish messianism with conceptions of the church and of antichrist and with the cult of Christ and of the saints. Throughout, Horbury sets messianism in a broader religious and political context and explores its setting in religion and in the conflict of political theories. This new edition features a new extended introduction which updates and resituates the volume within the context of current scholarship

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