Grammar of messianism, the: an ancient jewish political idiom and its users
Auteur :
Novenson, Matthew V.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190255022
Date de publication :
15 juin 2017
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,7 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
640 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.