He That Cometh: The Messiah Concept in the Old Testament and Later Judaism (The Biblical Resource Series)

HE THAT COMETH: The Messiah Concept in the Old Testament and Later Judaism......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Author's Preface to the American Edition......Page 12
Translator's Preface......Page 14
Foreword, by John J. Collins......Page 16
The Scholarly Context......Page 17
Messianism and Eschatology......Page 18
The Servant of the Lord......Page 23
The National Messiah......Page 24
The Son of Man......Page 25
The Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 26
Conclusion......Page 29
Select Bibliography on Kingship and Messianism......Page 30
I. THE FUTURE KING IN EARLY JEWISH ESCHATOLOGY......Page 34
1. The Messiah an Eschatological Figure......Page 36
2. The Messiah Originally a Political Figure......Page 37
II. Survey of the Material......Page 43
1. Supposed Messianic Prophecies of Early Date......Page 44
2. The Authentic Messianic Prophecies......Page 48
III. The Ideal of Kingship in Ancient Israel......Page 54
1. The Royal Ideology of the Ancient East......Page 56
2. The Israelite Ideal of Kingship: Yahweh's Anointed......Page 89
1. Realized, and Unrealized Elements in the Ideal of Kingship......Page 129
2. Specific Applications of the Kingly Ideal......Page 135
3. The Source of the Messianic Conceptions......Page 155
V. The Early Jewish Future Hope......Page 158
1. No Pre-prophetic or Prophetic Eschatology......Page 159
2. The Origin of the Jewish Hope of Restoration......Page 166
3. The Religious Basis and. Transformation of the Future Hope. Its Connexion with the Experiences and Ideas Associated with the Cult......Page 171
4. The Content of the Future Hope......Page 176
5. From the Hope of Restoration to Eschatology......Page 182
1. The Origin of the Messianic Faith......Page 188
2. The Scion of David.......Page 192
3. The Name and Titles of the Future King......Page 196
4. The Scion of David as a Sign of the Restoration of David's Line......Page 198
5. The Kingly Rule of the Scion of David and the Kingly Rule of Yahweh......Page 202
6. The Equipment, Call, and Work of the Future King......Page 207
7. Mythical Elements in the Conception of the King......Page 214
1. The Servant Songs......Page 220
First Song......Page 222
Second Song......Page 224
Third Song......Page 226
The Fourth Song......Page 229
2. The Work of the Servant......Page 239
3. Prophet, not Messiah......Page 246
4. The Historical Background of the Thought of the Servant's Resurrection and the Atoning Significance of His Suffering......Page 267
5. The Historical and Religious Background of the Conception of the Servant......Page 274
6. Is the Servant a Historical Person?......Page 279
7. The Poet-Prophet and His Circle......Page 286
8. Relationship of the Songs to the Messianic Idea......Page 288
II. THE MESSIAH IN LATER JUDAISM......Page 292
1. The Future Hope and Eschatology......Page 294
2. Dualism......Page 296
3. The Influence of Theology......Page 299
4. The Last Things: A. The Earlier Tendency......Page 300
5. The Last Things: B. The Dualistic, Apocalyptic Tendency......Page 303
1. Two Conceptions of the Messiah—The National Messiah......Page 313
2. The Messiah a Historical Person......Page 317
3. The Messiah's Descent. The Scion of David. Other Conceptions......Page 319
The Names and Titles of the Messiah......Page 324
5. When Will the Messiah Come?......Page 328
6. The Forerunners of the Messiah......Page 331
7. The Day of the Messiah and His Appearing......Page 335
8. The Hidden Messiah......Page 337
9. The Equipment of the Messiah for His Mission.......Page 341
10 The Work of the Messiah and His Kingdom......Page 344
11. The Influence of Prophet and Scribe on the Idea of the Messiah......Page 354
12. Was the Messiah an Eternal Individual?......Page 356
13. The Suffering and Death of the Messiah......Page 358
14. The Varying Forms of the Conception of the Messiah......Page 366
15. The Place of the Messiah in Later Judaism......Page 370
1. The Meaning of the Phrase......Page 379
2. The Son of Man in Daniel vii and the Older Sources of Daniel......Page 381
3. The Sources......Page 386
4. The Eschatological Character of the Son of Man.......Page 391
5. The Son of Man Regarded as the Messiah......Page 393
6. The Name and Titles of the Son of Man......Page 395
7. The Pre-existence of the Son of Man......Page 403
8. The Divine Equipment of the Son of Man......Page 406
9. The Heavenly Community: the King of Paradise......Page 412
10. The Typical, Ideal Man......Page 416
11. The Hidden Secret......Page 418
12. The Epiphany of the Son of Man......Page 421
13. The Judge of the World......Page 426
14. The Son of Man and the Resurrection......Page 432
15. The Deliverance of the Godly......Page 434
16. The Kingdom of the Son of Man......Page 436
17. Atoning Suffering and Death......Page 443
18. The Spread of the Idea of the Son of Man in Judaism......Page 448
19. The Origin of the Conception of the Son of Man......Page 453
20. Is Enoch the Son of Man?......Page 470
2i. 'The Son of Man' as Used by Jesus......Page 478
Note I (p. 3 n. 2)......Page 484
Note II (p. 36 n. 1).......Page 485
Note IV (p. 45 n. 9)......Page 486
Note V (p. 51 n. 1)......Page 487
Note VI (p. 52 n. 1).......Page 488
Note VII (p. 80 n. 1)......Page 489
Note VIII (p. 85 n. 2).......Page 490
Note IX (p. 125 n. 1).......Page 493
Note X (p. 140 n. 1).......Page 494
Note XI (p. 191 n. 1).......Page 495
Note XII (p. 213 n. 1).......Page 497
Note XIII (p. 281 n. 1).......Page 499
Note XIV (p. 341 n. 4).......Page 500
List of Abbreviations......Page 502
Bibliography......Page 506
(a) Old Testament......Page 532
(b) Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha......Page 540
(c) New Testament......Page 545
(d) Rabbinic Passages......Page 547
II. Index of Authors......Page 548
III. General Index......Page 553