Are You the One Who Is to Come?

by Michael F. Bird and Michael F Bird

Book Overview

Did 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801036380
• ISBN13: 9780801036385
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"