Messiah and Christos
Author | : Ithamar Gruenwald |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9783161459962 |
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Author | : Ithamar Gruenwald |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9783161459962 |
Author | : Alvin Boyd Kuhn |
Publisher | : Book Tree |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1585093181 |
This book reveals that much of Christianity and its beliefs had originated in ancient Egypt rather than the Middle East. The author presents us with how, where and why many spiritual Egyptian beliefs were adopted into Christian form and accepted as "history", as opposed to being carried over in their original mythological form. Kuhn states, "The gospels are not and never were histories. They are now proven to have been cryptic dramas of the spiritual evolution of humanity and of the history of the human soul in its earthly tabernacle of flesh." For Christianity to be expressed in the way it was first intended, as experienced during the first two centuries of its existence, one must first acknowledge its pagan roots. This is too much of a leap for most people, but they have not read this book. The author reveals how things were altered in the third century by the existing priesthood and why.
Author | : Matthew V. Novenson |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2012-04-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199844577 |
He then traces the rise and fall of "the messianic idea"' in Jewish studies and gives an alternative account of early Jewish messiah language: the convention worked because there existed both an accessible pool of linguistic resources and a community of competent language users. Whereas it is commonly objected that the normal rules for understanding "christos" do not apply in the case of Paul since he uses the word as a name rather than a title, Novenson shows that "christos" in Paul is neither a name nor a title but rather a Greek honorific, like Epiphanes or Augustus. Focusing on several set phrases that have been taken as evidence that Paul either did or did not use "christos" in its conventional sense, Novenson concludes that the question cannot be settled at the level of formal grammar. Examining nine passages in which Paul comments on how he means the word "christos", Novenson shows that they do all that we normally expect any text to do to count as a messiah text.
Author | : Donald Guthrie |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1982-01-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780310254317 |
"Jesus the Messiah" is a basic, non-technical introduction to the life of Christ, carefully tracing His life and works as evidence of the truth of His claims and of the firm convictions of the early Christians--an inspirational study of Christ's life. The author prefaces his work by admitting that "Many deny the possibility of writing a life of Jesus, and it must be conceded that no 'life' in the biographical sense can be written. It is impossible to produce a psychological study of Jesus. His developing awareness of messianic mission cannot be traced. This book presents an account of Jesus from the perspective of faith. It sees in His deeds and words evidence of the truth of His claims and of the firm convictions of the early Christians. . . . No one who reflects on His life and mission can fail to be affected by it, and in this sense the present study is in the nature of a personal testimony."
Author | : L. Michael White |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 2010-04-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0061985376 |
In Scripting Jesus, Michael White, famed scholar of early Christian history, reveals how the gospel stories of Jesus were never meant to be straightforward historical accounts, but rather were scripted and honed as performance pieces for four different audiences with four different theological agendas. As he did as a featured presenter in two award-winning PBS Frontline documentaries (“From Jesus to Christ” and “Apocalypse!”), White engagingly explains the significance of some lesser-known aspects of The New Testament; in this case, the development of the stories of Jesus—including how the gospel writers differed from one another on facts, points of view, and goals. Readers of Elaine Pagels, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, and Bart Ehrman will find much to ponder in Scripting Jesus.
Author | : Matthew V. Novenson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0190255021 |
"This book is a scholarly treatment of messianism in ancient Judaism and Christianity. In particular, and in contrast to other recent treatments, it is a study of what we might call the grammar of messianism, that is, the patterns of language inherited from the Hebrew Bible that all ancient messiah texts, Jewish and Christian, use. It makes the point that all ancient messiah texts are creative efforts at negotiating a shared set of linguistic possibilities and limitations inherited from the Hebrew Bible. The distinguishing features of the book are several: First, breaking with an ideologically loaded tradition, it incorporates both Jewish and Christian texts as evidence for this discursive practice. Second, rather than drawing up a taxonomy of types of ancient messiah figures, it analyzes a range of other more specific issues raised by the texts themselves. Third, it cuts the Gordian knot of the longstanding question of the prominence of messianism in antiquity, suggesting that that question is ultimately unanswerable but also entirely unnecessary for an understanding of the pertinent texts"--
Author | : Michael F. Bird |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2009-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441205969 |
Did Jesus claim to be the long-awaited "messiah"? Going against much contemporary scholarship, Australian scholar Michael Bird argues that he did. He begins by exploring the messianic expectations in the Old Testament and Second Temple Jewish literature. Next, Bird points out weaknesses in current arguments that "Messiah," or "Christ," was a title given to Jesus by the early church but not used by Jesus himself. Bird then examines the Gospels and related literature, finding in Jesus's words and actions evidence that he saw himself as the messiah described in the Scriptures of Israel and believed that Israel's restoration hinged on the outcome of his ministry.
Author | : Alfred Edersheim |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 740 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alfred Edersheim |
Publisher | : CCEL |
Total Pages | : 1500 |
Release | : 196? |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1610250214 |
Author | : John Ankerberg |
Publisher | : ATRI Publishing |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2011-12-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1937136264 |