2015-09-282015-09-282010-11Cromhout, M., 2010, ‘Messianic figures in Biblical literature’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 66(1), Art. #984, 2 pages. DOI: 10.4102/hts.v66i1.984.0259-9422 (print)2072-8050 (online)10.4102/hts.v66i1.984http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50057Book review : King and messiah as son of God : divine, human and angelic messianic figures in biblical and related literature / John J. Collins and Adela Y. Collins. ISBN : 978-0-8028-0772-4. Publisher : Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 2008, pp. xiv, 261.This investigation deals with a very important topic, namely, the question of the divinity of the messiah. The authors argue that the divinity of Jesus was not some later development and something unique to Christianity, but had its roots in the changing and fluid Jewish conceptions of the messiah around the turn of the era. Specifically, the idea had its roots in Judaism in the royal ideology of ancient Judah. Ideas about the king or messiah being God’s son were variously repudiated (the Deuteronomist and prophets) or developed in the Hellenistic period where hopes for deliverance often focused on heavenly and supernatural mediator figures.en© 2010. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.Messianic figuresBiblical literatureJesusArticle