Messiah and Scripture

Paul's »In Christ« Idiom in Its Ancient Jewish Context

Bibliographic Data

ID24039406
AuthorsJ Thomas Hewitt (0000-0002-7339-0279, University of Divinity, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume522
Pages305
Publication date2020-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMessiah and Scripture (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMohr Siebeck (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1628/978-3-16-159229-4
OpenAlexW3035419596
ISBN9783161592294, 9783161592287
Open LibraryOL44009987M
LanguageEN
Citations received2

J. Thomas Hewitt examines Paul's development and uses of the expression »in Christ,« or »in messiah,« with reference to conventions of ancient Jewish messiah discourse. While messiah speculation in antiquity does not evince a widespread, coherent messianic ideology, ancient Jewish messiah texts do share a common trait - the creative reappropriation of scripture for portraying messiahs. Ancient Jewish messiah discourse is thus both traditional, being shaped by the idioms and imagery of scripture, and innovative, as those materials are recast in novel depictions and expressions. As a participant in this interpretative enterprise, Paul found resources in scriptural traditions concerning Abraham's seed and Daniel's heavenly man for generating his own distinctive conceptions of messiahship, conceptions he often articulated with his hallmark expression »in Christ.«

ancient Judaism · Archaeology · Art · Christian Origins · Context (archaeology) · Early Biblical Interpretation · Judaism · Literature · Messiah · Messianism · Pauline Epistles · Theology · Antiquity · New Testament · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy · Bible · Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc · Jesus Christ · Messiahship · Messiahship of Jesus Christ · Paul the Apostle, Saint · Prophecies · Son of man

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