The Messianic Idea (Was:Re: virgin: _BETHULAH_ and/or _(ALMAH_ )

Moshe Shulman mshulman at ix.netcom.com
Tue Jan 30 12:28:47 EST 2001


At 09:24 AM 1/30/01 +0200, Jonathan D. safren wrote:
>  Christian <. M. Brady wrote:
> > >
>(snip) the expectation
> > of the messiah was not new to the followers of Jesus and most of the

> > passages interpreted by the NT authors as messianic either already had
>those
> > overtones in the Tanakh or were already understood in that vein before
>Jesus
> > was a glimmer in anyone's eye.
>Now we cme to a new discussion: the development of the Messianic Idea in
>Judaism.
>Let me posit for starters:
>The belief in Messiah developed as a result of the failure of Biblical
>prophecy.
>Let's go!
>Jonathan D. Safren
>Chairman
>Dept. of Biblical Studies
>Beit Berl College
>44905 Israel


I wouldn't mind discussing this if we could first agree as to what we mean 
bu 'messiah' and which one we are talkign about.


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