The Grammar of Messianism

Autor*innen

• Matthew V Novenson

Parameter

• 336 Seiten
• 12 Lesestunden

• Esoterik & Religion
• Sozialwissenschaften

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Einband: Hardcover