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: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Novenson, Matthew V., Christ among the Messiahs: Christ Language in Paul and Messiah Language in Ancient Judaism] (2015) (Schnabel, Eckhard J., 1955 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pauline letters
/ Christology
/ Messianism
/ Early Judaism
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| Further subjects: | B
Messiah
Judaism
History of doctrines
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| 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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| ISBN: | 0199933073 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199844579.001.0001 |