ANDREW CHESTER Messiah and Exaltation Jewish Messianic and Visionary Traditions and New Testament Christology [Messias und Erhöhung. Jüdische messianische und visionäre Traditionen und die Christologie des Neuen Testaments.] 2007. XVII, 716 pages. WUNT I 207 Published in English. Andrew Chester focuses on Jewish messianic hope, intermediary gures, and visionary traditions of human transformation, particularly in the Second Temple period, and analyzes their signi cance for the origin and development of New Testament Christology. He brings together ve previously published essays on these themes: these include two long chapters, one on Jewish messianic and mediatorial traditions in relation to Pauline Christology, the other on messianism and eschatology in early Judaism and Christianity, plus one on messiah and Temple in Sibylline Oracles 3–5. Two further essays, on the signi cance of Torah in the messianic age, and on resurrection, transformation and early Christology, have been extensively revised. There are also three substantial new chapters, all of which engage closely with recent scholarly debate. The rst, on the origin of Christology, argues for the signi cance of Jewish visionary traditions of human transformation for understanding how 'high' Christology came about at such an early stage within the New Testament. The second discusses the complex questions of the de nition, scope and nature of Jewish messianism, especially in relation to the Hebrew Bible and the more-recently available Qumran evidence, and their signi cance for the New Testament. The third is concerned with what Paul means by the 'law of Christ', and the wider issues raised by this. ISBN 978-3-16-149091-0 cloth 129,00 € ISBN 978-3-16-151496-8 eBook PDF 129,00 € Andrew Chester Born 1948; 1966–69 studied Semitic Languages at Oxford; 1970–72 Theology at Cambridge; 1973–76 PhD studies at Cambridge; since 1994 Fellow, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge; since 2008 University Reader in Early Jewish and Christian Thought, University of Cambridge. Order now: [email protected] Phone: +49 (0)7071-923-17 Fax: +49 (0)7071-51104 Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG Postfach 2040 D-72010 Tübingen [email protected] www.mohr.de
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