Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

At 08:58 PM 1/30/01 +0200, Jonathan D. Safren wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Moshe Shulman" <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>

> To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: The Messianic Idea (Was:Re: virgin: _BETHULAH_ and/or
> _(ALMAH_ )
> > 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.
> I mean the classical Jewish belief in the Davidic Messiah, which had become

I understand that, but the term 'messiah' is post Biblical, so that when we 
want to discuss this 'Davidic King' we need to look at it that way. He is 
not the only 'messiah' of Jewish tradition. It's liek calling Hillel 'Rabbi'.





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