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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Novenson, Matthew V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Bible. > Epistles of Paul > Language, style.
Jesus Christ > Messiahship.
Jesus Christ
Bible. > Epistles of Paul
Jesus Christus.
Paulus > Apostel, Heiliger. > Briefe.
Messiah > Judaism > History of doctrines.
Messie > Judaïsme > Histoire des doctrines.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Christology.
Language and languages > Style
Messiah > Judaism > History of doctrines
Messiahship of Jesus Christ
Frühjudentum
Messias
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780199844586
0199844585