The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users - Novenson, Matthew V. (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh) - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780190255022 - May 1, 2017
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The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users

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In this book, Novenson gives a revisionist account of messianism in antiquity. He shows that, for the ancient Jews and Christians who used the term, a messiah was not an article of faith but a manner of speaking: a scriptural figure of speech useful for thinking kinds of political order.


384 pages

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Released May 1, 2017
ISBN13 9780190255022
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 384
Dimensions 245 × 167 × 33 mm   ·   639 g
Language English  

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