Christ among the messiahs Christ language in Paul and messiah language in ancient Judaism

Recent scholarship on ancient Judaism has generally concluded that the word 'messiah' did not mean anything determinate in antiquity. Meanwhile, interpreters of Paul have concluded that 'christos' in Paul does not bear its conventional sense. Novenson argues that language must be...

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Main Author: Novenson, Matthew V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2012, 2012
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Recent scholarship on ancient Judaism has generally concluded that the word 'messiah' did not mean anything determinate in antiquity. Meanwhile, interpreters of Paul have concluded that 'christos' in Paul does not bear its conventional sense. Novenson argues that language must be taken as evidence for its range of meaning
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199933075
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