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While Jews in the land of Israel in ancient times shared much in
common - scripture, reverence for the Temple and its cult, some
traits as one 'Orthodox' Judaism. Diverse 'Judaisms' flourished,
each with its particular way of life, world view, and definition of
the social entity, or 'Israel'. Because there was no single,
unitary Judaism, there also was no one 'Messiah-idea' or 'Messianic
doctrine'. Various readings of the Messiah-theme reached definition
in the various, unrelated religious systems or Judaisms produced by
those Jews - hence 'Judaisms' and 'their Messiahs'. In this book,
distinguished specialists in various Judaisms of late antiquity,
including Christian scholars, take up the differing roles of the
Messiah-idea in the various traditions examined. Dealing with the
best-documented Judaic systems - the Essene community at Qumran,
Christian Judaisms represented by Mark and by Matthew, the nascent
rabbinic Judaism portrayed in the Mishnah, the Judaic system
implicit in the writings of Philo - the authors work out how a
given system treats the Messiah theme. Some systems - Philo's and
the Mishnah's - find the theme important. Others place it at the
center of their systems and treat the Messiah as the purpose and
goal of their respective Judaisms, their expectations varying from
a political-military figure to an eschatological diety. In its
approach to evidence, not harmonizing but analyzing and
differentiating, this book marks a revolutionary shift in the study
of ancient Judaism and Christianity.
While Jews in the land of Israel in ancient times shared much in
common - scripture, reverence for the Temple and its cult, some
traits as one 'Orthodox' Judaism. Diverse 'Judaisms' flourished,
each with its particular way of life, world view, and definition of
the social entity, or 'Israel'. Because there was no single,
unitary Judaism, there also was no one 'Messiah-idea' or 'Messianic
doctrine'. Various readings of the Messiah-theme reached definition
in the various, unrelated religious systems or Judaisms produced by
those Jews - hence 'Judaisms' and 'their Messiahs'. In this book,
distinguished specialists in various Judaisms of late antiquity,
including Christian scholars, take up the differing roles of the
Messiah-idea in the various traditions examined. Dealing with the
best-documented Judaic systems - the Essene community at Qumran,
Christian Judaisms represented by Mark and by Matthew, the nascent
rabbinic Judaism portrayed in the Mishnah, the Judaic system
implicit in the writings of Philo - the authors work out how a
given system treats the Messiah theme. Some systems - Philo's and
the Mishnah's - find the theme important. Others place it at the
center of their systems and treat the Messiah as the purpose and
goal of their respective Judaisms, their expectations varying from
a political-military figure to an eschatological diety. In its
approach to evidence, not harmonizing but analyzing and
differentiating, this book marks a revolutionary shift in the study
of ancient Judaism and Christianity.
This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the
World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important
historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come
from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject
produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a
discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the
subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the
Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the
book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous
generations.
Every culture makes a distinction between what it perceives as `true religion' and `magic'. These essays explore the history of this tradition in Judaism and Christianity.
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