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Messianic Exegesis: Christological Interpretation of the Old Testament in Early Christianity

Messianic Exegesis: Christological Interpretation of the Old Testament in Early Christianity

Paperback

Series: Library of Early Christology

Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1481307959
ISBN13: 9781481307956
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: Jun 30 2017
Pages: 205
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
While the relationship between Second Temple Jewish exegesis and early Christian exegesis as demonstrated in the New Testament is universally recognized, the reasons for their similarities and differences are often elusive. Donald H. Juel in Messianic Exegesis seeks to unknot this tangled web of interpretation. Juel's thesis is simple: Christianity's origins are rooted in the earliest Christian interpretations of Israel's Scriptures. The difficulty resides in showing how these distinctive interpretations arose. Juel argues that the events of Jesus' life form the fulcrum for the Christian re-reading of Jewish Scripture. In particular, Juel shows how Christian belief in a crucified and risen Messiah guided both the selection and appropriation of Old Testament texts--texts like 2 Samuel 7, Daniel 7, and Psalms 2 and 110. With the confession Jesus is the Messiah as the central claim of Christianity, Juel is able to show the fluidity of contemporary Jewish exegesis while also making the anomalous uses of Scripture within the early Christian community understandable. Christians proclaimed Jesus as Messiah throughout their exegesis and thereby defined their emerging community through the way they read Scripture.

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