Grammar of messianism, the: an ancient jewish political idiom and its users
Auteur :
Novenson, Matthew V.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190053215
Date de publication :
9 mai 2019
Dimensions :
23,1 x 15,5 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
567 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.