Research Catalog

Title

The first messiah : investigating the savior before Jesus / Michael O. Wise.

Author

Wise, Michael Owen, 1954-

Publication

San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, c1999.

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Details

Description

x, 342 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

In The First Messiah renowned Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Michael O. Wise brings to light the life of Judah, a forgotten prophet who predated Jesus as a messianic figure by a century and has had a profound impact on the course of Christianity and Western civilization. Unlike Jesus, Judah left behind a personal testament, in his own words, of his relationship with God. By analyzing the Thanksgiving Hymns discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls, Wise uncovers the basis of a groundbreaking understanding of the prophetic mind. In so doing, Wise deepens our understanding of Christ, his impact on the Jewish community of his time, and even his interpretation of his own messianic role.

Subject

• Teacher of Righteousness
• Thanksgiving Psalms > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Teacher of Righteousness
• Messiah > Judaism > History of doctrines

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.[279]-338) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Of Messiahs and myth-dreams -- 2. Behold the man -- 3. To kill a prophet -- 4. Prophet on trial -- 5. Things unutterable -- 6. Stranger in a strange land -- 7. The dog turns back -- 8. The secret Messiah -- 9. Reckoned with the Gods -- 10. The other Messiah.

ISBN

• 0060696451 (hardcover)
• 9780060696450 (hardcover)
• 006069646X (pbk.)
• 9780060696467 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^98030670^

OCLC

• 39763701
• SCSB-11560331

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library