The emerging Jewish views of the messiahship of Jesus and their bearing on the question of his resurrection

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Mishkin, David

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OpenJournals Publishing

Abstract

This article surveys the beliefs of Jewish scholars who have written about the historical Jesus. Specifically, it explores the modern Jewish scholarship on the person and role of the Messiah and how this relates to the study of the resurrection of Jesus. Many of the traditional beliefs about the messiah preclude a discussion of the resurrection of Jesus. However, with more understanding of the background of Second-Temple Judaism, many long-held beliefs about the messiah are being re-evaluated. The three main issues discussed in this article are the concept of a pagan messiah, the death of the messiah and the possibility of a divine messiah.

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This article is a reworked version of a chapter of David Mishkin’s PhD thesis, titled: ‘Jewish scholarship on the resurrection of Jesus’, completed for the Department of Biblical and Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, with Prof. Dr Ernest van Eck as supervisor. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50702)

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Jewish scholars, Resurrection of Jesus, Traditional beliefs, Paul, Divine Messiah, Dead Messiah, Pagan mythology

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Mishkin, D., 2015, ‘The emerging Jewish views of the messiahship of Jesus and their bearing on the question of his resurrection', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 71(1), Art. #2881, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v71i1.2881.