De wapens van de Messias
In this article is asked if Jesus, supposing that he saw himself as the Messiah, could be recognized as such by the people of his time. In order to answer this question, the image of the davidic king in the Old Testament and the image of the Messiah in post Old Testament periods is examined on the b...
| Published in: | Theologia reformata |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Dutch |
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2005
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| In: |
Theologia reformata
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Messiah
/ Early Judaism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament HD Early Judaism NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Early Judaism
B Messiah B Jesus Christus |
| Summary: | In this article is asked if Jesus, supposing that he saw himself as the Messiah, could be recognized as such by the people of his time. In order to answer this question, the image of the davidic king in the Old Testament and the image of the Messiah in post Old Testament periods is examined on the basis of the question: What kind of weapons does the Messiah use? It turns out that already in the Old Testament we can see a process in which the king becomes more and more a sage and a prophet. In apocalyptic literature (e.g. 1En.37-71) the Messiah has become a transcendent figure who fights with supernatural weapons (influence of Is.11:1-5: "the breath of his lips") in the final battle. In the Targumim the classical davidic image of the Messiah remains still dominant. This means that in Jesus' time the concept of the Messiah was open to many interpretations, and that Jesus or the evangelists could have used a specific meaning of it. |
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| ISSN: | 0040-5612 |
| Contains: | In: Theologia reformata
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