Israel’s Messiah in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls

by Hess, Richard S., and M. Daniel Carroll R., eds.

• ISBN13: 9780801026119
• ISBN10: 0801026113
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

Was Israel expecting a messiah like Jesus? If not, how did Jesus challenge the messianic preconceptions of the time? With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which include messianic writings dating from around the time of Jesus, the debate over just exactly what sort of messiah Israel was expecting has been reignited. In Israel's Messiah in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, leading scholars provide a comprehensive discussion of messiah as it was understood in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the words of the editors, Israel's Messiah "summarizes and evaluates the best of modern biblical scholarship and applies this material to a mature and fully developed understanding of the figure who lies at the center of the Christian faith."The book does not stop there, however. After discussing and debating the relevance of Messiah to those of Jesus' time, it returns to the present and takes a critical look at how Christians can and should understand Jesus as a source of hope and liberation.

Author Biography

Richard S. Hess (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College) and M. Daniel Carroll R. (Ph.D., University of Sheffield) are professors of Old Testament at Denver Seminary

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	7	(2)
Editors' Preface	9	(2)
List of Abbreviations	11	(6)
Part 1: The Messiah in the Old Testament
My Servant David: Ancient Israel's Vision of the Messiah	17	(40)
Daniel I. Block
If He Looks Like a Prophet and Talks Like a Prophet, Then He Must Be . . .: A Response to Daniel I. Block	57	(14)
J. Daniel Hays
New Lenses to Establish Messiah's Identity? A Response to Daniel I. Block	71	(14)
M. Daniel Carroll R.
Part 2: The Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls	85	(18)
Craig A. Evans
Messiahs Here and There: A Response to Craig A. Evans	103	(8)
Richard S. Hess
Part 3: The Messiah in the New Testament
Messiah in the New Testament	111	(32)
Craig L. Blomberg
Christos: Jewish Title or Hellenistic Name? A Response to Craig L. Blomberg	143	(10)
William W. Klein
Part 4: The Messiah in Latin American Theology
Jesus' Messianism: A Proposal and an Assessment from Latin America	153	(18)
Gerardo A. Alfaro Gonzalez
Reflections on Jesus as Liberator: A Response to Gerardo A. Alfaro Gonzalez	171	(10)
Karen H. Jobes
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings	181	(8)
Index of Modern Authors	189