... I don't know of a single
place in the Tanakh where I would read the word Ma$iax to LITERALLY mean
"Messiah" in the later sense.
Does anyone have any examples to the contrary?
How about Daniel 9:25,26? This is a passage whose interpretation is very
controversial among Christians, and I would be rather interested to hear
what Jews make of it as well.
And then there are passages like Psalm 2:2, 132:10,17, 1 Samuel 2:10
which refer primarily to the anointed king of Israel but are taken by
many to have a secondary reference to the Messiah.
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Peter Kirk
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