About this title: In a work that challenges notions that have dominated New Testament scholarship for more than a hundred years, Israel Knohl gives startling evidence for a messianic precursor to Jesus who is described as the 'Suffering Servant' in recently published fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Messiah before Jesus clarifies many formerly incomprehensible aspects of Jesus' life and confirms the story in the New Testament about his messianic awareness. The book shows that, around the time of Jesus' birth, there came into being a conception of 'catastrophic' messianism in which the suffering, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780520234000ISBN:0520234006
Description: "This is a very significant, original, and daring book. It illuminates an important era in the history of the Jewish people as well as the background of Christianity, making full use of the new Qumran material. "--Professor Emanuel Tov, Editor-in-Chie... read more
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