Book 2007

The One who is to come

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Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.
Language: English
Published: 2007

Messiah -- Prophecies.
Messiah -- Biblical teaching.
Messiah -- Judaism.

Messiah is one of the most popular and most contested terms in Christian reflection, with many often reading the concept back into early Old Testament texts. Joseph Fitzmyer carefully and comprehensively contradicts this misreading, tracing the emergence of messianism to a much later date - 2nd century B.C.