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The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users

by University Of Edinburg) Matthew V. Novenson (senior Lecturer

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.5 x 23.4 x 2.7 cm

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For scholars and enthusiasts of ancient Jewish history

Clarifies misconceptions about messianism's role in politics

You will gain deeper insights into ancient cultural narratives

This book explores messianism as a political idiom in ancient Jewish thought.

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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.
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Paul and Judaism at the End of HistoryThe Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users

  • Title

    The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    April 2019

  • Weight

    588g

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.4 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780190053215

  • ISBN-10

    0190053216

  • Eden Code

    4975261