| Messianism Among Jews and Christians: Biblical and Historical Studies Revised Edition Contributor(s): Horbury, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0567662748 ISBN-13: 9780567662743 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - History & Culture - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General |
| Dewey: 296.336 |
| LCCN: 2015431963 |
| Series: T&t Clark Cornerstones |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (2.05 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |