The Messiah myth : the Near Eastern roots of Jesus and David / Thomas L. Thompson.
The Messiah myth : the Near Eastern roots of Jesus and David / Thomas L. Thompson.
The Messiah myth : the Near Eastern roots of Jesus and David / Thomas L. Thompson.
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New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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N220.67/2
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. Historicizing the figure of Jesus, the messiah -- 2. The figure of the prophet -- 3. The children and the kingdom -- 4. The song for a poor man -- 5. The myth of the good king -- 6. The myth of the conquering holy warrior -- 7. The myth of the dying and rising God -- 8. Holy war -- 9. Good king,...
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New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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New York (State)
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c2005.
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"The Messiah Myth shows that the contemporary audience for whom the Old and New Testaments were written would naturally have interpreted David and Jesus not as historical figures, but as metaphors embodying long-established messianic traditions. Challenging widely held assumptions about the sources of the Bible and the quest for the historical Jesu...
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The Messiah myth : the Near Eastern roots of Jesus and David / Thomas L. Thompson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.
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N220.67/2
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74VKdV6vw5m3
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0465085776 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465085774 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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220.67
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991019942479702626
