The Grammar of Messianism An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users |
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| Author:
| Novenson, Matthew V. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-025502-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $156.32AUD $264.00 |
Book Description:
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In this book, Novenson gives a revisionist account of messianism in antiquity. He shows that, for the ancient Jews and Christians who used the term, a messiah was not an article of faith but a manner of speaking: a scriptural figure of speech useful for thinking kinds of political order.
In this book, Novenson gives a revisionist account of messianism in antiquity. He shows that, for the ancient Jews and Christians who used the term, a messiah was not an article of faith but a manner of speaking: a scriptural figure of speech useful for thinking kinds of political order.