Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Moshe Shulman <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>]

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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