The scepter and the star : the messiahs of the Dead Sea scrolls and other ancient literature

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The scepter and the star : the messiahs of the Dead Sea scrolls and other ancient literature

Title remainder

the messiahs of the Dead Sea scrolls and other ancient literature

Statement of responsibility

by John J. Collins

Creator

• Collins, John J., (John Joseph), 1946-

Subject

• Dead Sea scrolls -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Messiah -- Judaism
• Messiah -- Prophecies
• Messianism

Language

eng

Summary

"In The Scepter and the Star, John J. Collins turns to the Dead Sea Scrolls to shed new light on the origins, meaning, and relevance of messianic expectations. The first Christians were Jews who believed that Jesus of Nazareth was the messiah - the Christ; Christians could be called "followers of the messiah." Other Jews did not accept this claim, and so the Christians went their own way and grew into a separate religion. The disagreement about the identity of the messiah is the root difference between Judaism and Christianity." "The recent disclosure of the full corpus of the Dead Sea Scrolls now makes it possible to see this disagreement in a fuller context than ever before. The most stunning revelation of the new evidence is the diversity of messianic expectations in Judaism around the beginning of the common era. The Hebrew word "messiah" means "anointed one." According to the scrolls, the messiah could be a warrior king in the line of David, a priest, a prophet, or a teacher. He could be called "the Son of God." Jesus of Nazareth fitted the expectations some Jews of the time had of the messiah. The majority of Jews, however, had quite different expectations."--BOOK JACKET

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• Anchor Bible reference library

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Anchor Bible reference library