Redemption and Resistance The Messianic Hopes

Redemption and Resistance brings together an eminent cast of contributors to provide a state-of-the-art discussion of Messianism as a topic of political and religious commitment and controversy. It will serve as an attractive contribution to the history o

Dr Markus Bockmuehl is Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies at the University of St Andrews, UK. James Carleton Paget is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies in the of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK.

List of Contributors
Preface - Raphael Loewe
Introduction
The Persian Period
The Hasmonaean Period
The Herodian Period
Plutarch's Life of Numa: Some Observations on Graeco Roman 'Messianism'
Resistance and Redemption in the Jesus Tradition
Messianism and Christology: Mark, Matthew, Luke and Acts
Messiah and Resistance in the Gospel and Epistles of John
The Christ of Paul
The Catholic Epistles and Hebrews
The Apocalypse
Messianism and Politics in the Land of Israel, 66-135 C.E.
Jews and Christians in the Holy Land, 135-325
Syria and Mesopotamia
Egypt
The West and North Africa
Material Remains
The Rabbis and Messianism
Messianism in Ancient Bible Translations in Greek and Latin
Messianism in Ancient Bible Translations in Aramaic and Syriac
Jewish and Christian Messianic Hopes in pre-Christian Byzantium
False Prophet, False Messiah and the Religious Scene in Seventh-Century Jerusalem
Publications Works Cited
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Redemption and Resistance The Messianic Hopes of Jews and Christians in Antiquity

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