King and Messiah (Paperback)

Any student of the New Testament must be conscious of the competing expectations in ancient Jewish thought of what and who the Messiah would be. In King and Messiah, Aage Bentzen offers a fascinating glimpse into this topic, which preoccupied the most eminent Scandinavian biblical scholars of the mid-twentieth century. Beginning with the Messiah described in many of the Psalms, representing a demythologised form of the Oriental concept of kingship, Bentzen proceeds to the eschatological Messiah of Isaiah and Micah. He next discusses the later, prophetic-Messianic Moses Redivivus of Deutero-Isaiah, reaching the final stage of Old Testament Messianic thought in the description of the Son of Man in Daniel 7, which carries the eschatologising process still further. Bentzen shows how all of these Old Testament types are synthesised in the Christology of the New Testament - Jesus is the new Adam, the present Messiah, the suffering Prophet, the new Moses and the future Divine King - and yet simultaneously superseded. The Christian myth adds its own adornment to the complex question of Jesus identity.

General

Imprint:	James Clarke & Co
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Foundations in New Testament Criticism
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2022
Dimensions:	155 x 232 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	120
ISBN-13:	978-0-227-17855-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The historical Jesus Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The historical Jesus Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Books > Christianity > The Historical Jesus Books > Christianity > Christian theology Books > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament Promotions
LSN:	0-227-17855-6
Barcode:	9780227178553

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