The anointed and his people : messianic expectations from the Maccabees to Bar Kochba / Gerbern S. Oegema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oegema, Gerbern S., 1958-

Series:

Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 27.

Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 27

Standardized Title:

Gesalbte und sein Volk. English.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament.

Messiah--Judaism--History of doctrines.

Messiah.

Messiah--Biblical teaching.

Messianic era (Judaism).

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Bible. Old Testament--Theology.

Bible.

Theology.

Physical Description:

356 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Messianic expectations from the Maccabees to Bar Kochba

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1998]

Summary:

In this systematic and radical work, Oegema studies the origins and development of expectations of a messiah-royal, priestly or prophetic. In five parts, all the Jewish and Christian literature from 200 BCE to 200 CE is analysed for its messianic interests. Special attention is devoted to the Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran literature, Philo, Josephus, the writings of the Early Church, the Jewish Apocalypses and the early Rabbinic writings. In this important work, Oegema contends that we cannot speak of a 'messianic idea' in Judaism, but that we can trace a historical trajectory of messianic expectations.

Notes:

"Translated, revised and expanded by the author"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-332) and indexes.

ISBN:

1850758484

OCLC:

60212365