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The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus (Paperback, Revised)
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The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
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This book provides an exciting reinterpretation of the sayings and
actions of Jesus. Setting him firmly in the context of
first-century Judaism, it asks how important the city of Jerusalem
and the theological traditions centred on it were to Jesus. At this
time, Zion had become 'the symbol of the life, beliefs and hopes of
all Jews'. Those Jews who expected the coming of a messianic
Davidic king assumed that it would be from Zion that he would
reign. Dr Tan examines how Jesus viewed the significance of
Jerusalem in relation to his own vocation, and asks why he went
there in what proved to be the last weeks of his life. Skillfully
integrating what Jesus is recorded to have said with what he is
recorded to have done, the author argues that, as a prophet, Jesus
was attracted inevitably to the city of Zion. His message concerned
the establishment of God's sovereignty on earth, and this in itself
impelled him to go to the city to bring it under the divine rule.
Jesus' actions in Jerusalem can also be interpreted as part of a
common theme of the restoration of God's people for the fulfillment
of their promised destiny. An understanding of the importance to
Jesus of the Zion traditions, therefore, not only helps us to
understand the unifying aim behind his ministry, but can also
provide us with the key to the riddle of who Jesus thought he was.
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