Messiah - Couverture souple

Dirks, Jerald F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1506104541 ISBN 13 : 9781506104546

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

In this his latest book, Dr. Dirks begins by exploring the linguistic meaning and historical evolution of the messiah concept. In tracing the messiah concept among the Israelites, Dr. Dirks makes use of numerous Biblical passages and ancient Jewish writings to illustrate the earliest messiah concept and how that concept evolved into the three-messiah and two-messiah concepts that were so prevalent following the Babylonian captivity of the Israelites of the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Dr. Dirks then turns the readers’ attention to the myriad of messiah figures that emerged in Palestine between 4 BCE and 135 CE. In closing, making use of extensive New Testament passages, he presents a provocative and daring thesis that there were two messiah figures named Jesus who operated during the same time in first-century CE Palestine and who were simultaneously tried by Pontius Pilate. One presented as a king messiah for which he was crucified, and one presented as a prophet messiah and was freed. It is posited that the identities and biographies of these two messiah figures were inadvertently fused by the New Testament gospel writers, thus accounting for some of the seeming inconsistencies in how Jesus is presented in the canonical gospels.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Jerald F. Dirks received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees from Harvard University and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Psychology degrees from the University of Denver. He is the author of 10 previous books in the fields of comparative religion and history of religion. He is also the author or coauthor of over 60 published articles in the behavioral sciences, over 140 published articles on the Arabian horse and its history, and over 220 published articles or formal presentations on various aspects of religion. He has lectured on comparative religion throughout the United States and in Canada, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East and has been interviewed by newspapers, magazines, and radio and/or television shows throughout the United States and in four foreign countries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1506104541
• ISBN 13: 9781506104546
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
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