The Grammar of Messianism

The Grammar of Messianism
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780190255022
ISBN-13 : 0190255021
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Book Synopsis The Grammar of Messianism by : Matthew V. Novenson

Download or read book The Grammar of Messianism written by Matthew V. Novenson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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