Handel's Messiah, Jesus, and the Old Testament
Category: RELIGION
In the Messiah the Jesus story begins with Israel's prophets. They anticipate the savior's arrival, which finds its fulfillment in the gospel stories. Israel's anticipation and Jesus as its fulfillment: that makes the story.
By Greg Carey, ContributorProfessor of New Testament, Lancaster Theological Seminary, 2014-12-11