The Jewish Messiah: A Critical History of the Messianic Idea among the Jews from the Rise of the Maccabees to the Closing of the Talmud

by James Drummond

Publisher:

Longman

, 1877

Overview

The object of The Jewish Messiah is twofold. It endeavors to exhibit the doctrine concerning the Messiah as it was held among the Jews in the centuries during which Christianity appeared; and, as subsidiary to this main purpose, it seeks to introduce the English reader to the apocalyptic and kindred literature. He divides his study into two parts: “Sources” and “History.” Before diving into the historical idea of the Messiah, Drummond offers a survey of the Sibylline Oracles, the Book of Enoch, the Assumption of Moses, the fourth book of Ezra, the Apocalypse of Baruch, the Psalms of Solomon, and more, plus valuable discussion of the Targums, the Talmud, and other rabbinical works.

Contents

Top Highlights

“I think we must accept the judgment of those who believe that it was written in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, about the year 165 or 164 b.c.” (Pages 7–8)

“First must come a time of judgment, called by Joel and Amos ‘the day of Yahveh” (Page 186)

“Joel (about 870 b.c.),¹ Amos (about 800 b.c.), and Hosea (about 784 b.c.)” (Page 186)

Product Details

• Title: The Jewish Messiah: A Critical History of the Messianic Idea among the Jews from the Rise of the Maccabees to the Closing of the Talmud
• Author: James Drummond
• Publisher: Longman
• Print Publication Date: 1877
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Messiah; Judaism
• Resource ID: LLS:DCMACDRUMMOND
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:34:11Z

About James Drummond

James Drummond was principal of Manchester College, Oxford.