Beschreibung:
Magnus Zetterholm is Research Fellow in the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University, Sweden.
* State-of-the-art essays on messianic expectation * Includes two maps, a timeline of persons, events, and literature, and a glossary of terms
Introduction: Magnus ZetterholmPart One: FormationThe Messiah as Son of God in Ancient Judaism John J. Collins, Yale UniversityThe Messiah as Son of God in the Synoptic Gospels Adela Yarbro Collins, Yale UniversityPaul and the Absence of the Messiah Magnus Zetterholm, Lund UniversityPart Two: DevelopmentElijah and the Messiah in the Mishnah and the Babylonian Talmud Karin Hedner-Zetterholm, Lund UniversityThe Reception of Messianism and the Worship of Christ in the Post-Apostolic Church Jan-Eric Steppa, Lund University