In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. Start at Part I or see all parts in the series. Perhaps the most familiar conception of the messiah—both to contemporary thinkers and to Second Temple Jews—was the royal figure of the Davidic line: a King.
11.19.2009| The Fish Tank | Samir Paul
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The notion of the messiah as a prophet is similarly criticized, but there is strong evidence in Jewish scripture that the Prophet was a role the Messiah would fill. Historically, a prophet in the Israelite tradition is literally a spokesperson—he or she is a representative of God to the people.
10.5.2009| The Fish Tank | Samir Paul
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In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. Start at Part I or see all parts in the series. The case for Jesus as a messianic priest figure is most explicitly laid out in the anonymous letter to the Hebrews. The author devotes a chapter to framing Jesu
10.1.2009| The Fish Tank | Samir Paul
No CommentsIn this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. Start at Part I or see all parts in the series. Elsewhere in scripture, however, we find a more eschatological messiah foretold. The prophet Daniel makes some clear references to an eschatological messiah as
09.24.2009| The Fish Tank | Samir Paul
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In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. Start at Part I or see all parts in the series. Anointing itself is a concept that encompasses more than just the single word, and so it is appropriate to consider the notion more broadly than just “he who is
09.14.2009| The Fish Tank | Samir Paul
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In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. See all parts in the series. It was more or less a case of déjà vu: Once again, an external power had come to rule the land promised to the Israelites, this time in 332 BCE by a Macdeonian general who would es
09.10.2009| The Fish Tank | Samir Paul
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