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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012, 2012
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9780199933075 0199933073 |