Throughout history

moving from a scholastic theological view of sacraments

albertbonniersforlag

Genom att dessa relateras till den senmedeltida bakgrunden

the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new - and thought-provoking - view of this fascinating period

Are You the One Who is to Come? The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question Provöversättningar Throughout historyDid Jesus claim to be the long awaited 'messiah'? Going against much contemporary scholarship, Australian scholar Michael Bird argues that he did. He begins by exploring the messianic expectations in the Old Testament and Second Temple Jewish literature. Next, Bird points out weaknesses in current arguments that 'Messiah', or 'Christ', was a title given to Jesus by the early church but not used by Jesus himself. Bird then examines the Gospels and