Royal messianism and the Jerusalem priesthood in the Gospel of Mark / Bernardo Cho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cho, Bernardo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy--History.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 256 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark, 2019.

Summary:

Bernardo K. Cho investigates how Jewish messianism from the mid-second century BCE to the late first-century CE envisaged the proper relation between the Israelite king and the Jerusalem priests in the ideal future, and then proceeds to describe how the Gospel of Mark addresses this issue in depicting Jesus. Cho responds to claims that the Markan Jesus regards the kingdom of God as fundamentally opposed to the ancient Levitical system, and argues that, just as with most of its related Jewish literature, the earliest Gospel assumes the expectation that the royal messiah would bring the Jerusalem institution to its eschatological climax. But Mark also depicts Jesus's stance towards the priests in terms of a call to allegiance and warning of judgement. Cho concludes that the Markan Jesus anticipates the destruction of the Jerusalem temple because the priests have rejected Israel's end-time ruler and thus placed themselves outside the messianic kingdom.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780567685780

0567685780

9780567685766

0567685764