Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

At 07:09 PM 1/30/01 -0600, Christian M. M. Brady wrote:
> On 1/30/01 6:37 PM, "Moshe Shulman" <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > 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'.
> I don't understand how you can say that the term "messiah" is "post
> Biblical." The term occurs extensively throughout the Hebrew Bible from 1
> Sam onward in reference to a King (and specifically to a descendant of
> David).
> Now, if you meant "messiah" with all of its eschatological baggage, then
> that is another matter and Jonathan clarified that this was not what he
> meant.

He mentions the 'Davidic messiah'. But I am refering to the eschatological 
association of 'messiah' and some person(s) in the end-times.


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