To: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>, "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: [b-hebrew] Messiah in Isaiah
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:50:09 -0500
Dear Harold,
The only person ever called Messiah in the entire book
of Isaiah is Cyrus the Great (Isaiah 45:1).
You may read my article in HTR, "Cyrus the Messiah? The Historical
Background to Isaiah 45:1" or in BR if you like.
Liz Fried
> -----Original Message-----
>
> This topic is not, perhaps, directly related to the list, but here is a
> link to an article I wrote suggesting that Isaiah could have had the
> Messiah in mind, though Isaiah would not have known the Messiah
> as "Jesus."
>
>http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org/Issue1/Articles/linkage_betwee
n_isaiah_7.htm