Messianic High Christology
Subtitle: New Testament Variants of Second Temple Judaism
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781481315401
Subjects: Theology, doctrinal
Description: There is a resistance among scholars of both Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity to acknowledge that some traditions within the complex mix of Jewish messianism that was present before the time of Jesus included characteristics of a divine messiah. Ruben Buhner not only identifies examples in Second Temple Jewish messianic texts but also demonstrates how some New Testament writers expressed their understanding of Jesus as divine in a manner similar to these already existing strands of Jewish Messianism.