Messianism Among Jews and Christians: Biblical and Historical Studies (T&T Clark Cornerstones)

William Horbury Considers The Issue Of Messianism As It Arises In Jewish And Christian Tradition. Whilst Horbury's Primary Focus Is The Herodian Period And The New Testament, He Presents A Broader Historical Trajectory, Looking Back To The Apocrypha And Pseudepigrapha, And Onward To Judaism And Christianity In The Roman Empire. Within This Framework Horbury Treats Such Central Themes As Messianism In The Apocrypha And Pseudepigrapha, The Son Of Man And Pauline Hopes For A New Jerusalem, And Jewish And Christian Messianism In The Second Century. Neglected Topics Are Also Given Due Consideration, Including Suffering And Messianism In Synagogue Poetry, And The Relation Of Christian And Jewish Messianism With Conceptions Of The Church And Of Antichrist And With The Cult Of Christ And Of The Saints. Throughout, Horbury Sets Messianism In A Broader Religious And Political Context And Explores Its Setting In Religion And In The Conflict Of Political Theories. This New Edition Features A New Extended Introduction Which Updates And Resituates The Volume Within The Context Of Current Scholarship. The Second Temple Period. Messianism In The Old Testament Apocrypha And Pseudepigrapha -- The Gifts Of God In Ezekiel The Tragedian -- Herod's Temple And 'herod's Days' -- The New Testament. The Messianic Associations Of 'the Son Of Man' -- The Twelve And The Phylarchs -- Jerusalem In Pre-pauline And Pauline Hope -- The Aaronic Priesthood In The Epistle To The Hebrews -- Septuagintal And New Testament Conceptions Of The Church -- Synagogue And Church In The Roman Empire. Messianism Among Jews And Christians In The Second Century -- Suffering And Messianism In Yose Ben Yose -- Antichrist Among Jews And Gentiles -- The Cult Of Christ And The Cult Of The Saints. William Horbury. Previous Edition: T & T Clark, 2003. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Abbreviations Introduction to the Second Edition Jews and Christians A perspective from scripture and tradition Approaches to messianism Continuity and coherence The Septuagint Pentateuch Messianism and the Israelite people National and messianic suffering Literature Introduction to the First Edition Debate on the importance of messianic hope New sources in late twentieth-century study Messianic hope in ancient biblical interpretation Messianism and catastrophe Messianism and monotheism The structure and scope of this book Particulars of First Publication Literature Part 1 The Second Temple Period Chapter 1 Messianism in the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Vocabulary and scope The Apocrypha and the question of a messianological vacuum The Pseudepigrapha and the diversity of messianism Chapter 2 The Gifts of God in Ezekiel the Tragedian I II III IV V VI VII VIII Literature Chapter 3 Herod’s Temple and ‘Herod’s Days’ I. Narratives of the building of the temple II. Persius on ‘Herod’s Days’ III. Conclusions Part 2 The New Testament Chapter 4 The Messianic Associations of ‘The Son of Man’1 I II III IV V VI Literature Chapter 5 The Twelve and the Phylarchs I II III IV V VI VII Literature Chapter 6 Jerusalem in Pre-Pauline and Pauline Hope I II Literature Chapter 7 The Aaronic Priesthood in the Epistle to the Hebrews I II III IV V Literature Chapter 8 Septuagintal and New Testament Conceptions of the Church Attributes of the Church Titles of the Church Literature Part 3 Synagogue and Church in the Roman Empire Chapter 9 Messianism among Jews and Christians in the Second Century I. Introduction II. Messianism among the Christians III. Jewish history in the second century IV. Conclusion Chapter 10 Suffering and Messianism in Yose ben Yose Suffering Messianism Conclusions Chapter 11 Antichrist among Jews and Gentiles I. The wicked one II. Titan Literature Chapter 12 The Cult of Christ and the Cult of the Saints I II III IV Literature Index of Subjects Index of Authors Index of References This collection of 12 studies is focused on the Herodian period and the New Testament, but looks back to the Apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, and onward to Judaism and Christianity in the Roman empire