Messiah, the Healer of the Sick: A Study of Jesus as the Son of David in the Gospel of Matthew

by Lidija Novakovic

Lidija Novakovic offers an explanation of the remarkable link found in the Gospel of Matthew between the royal messianic title Son of David attributed to Jesus and his miracles of healing. There is no doubt that this represents a Christian development, because there is no extant early Jewish text that portrays the Davidic Messiah as a miracle worker. Yet, given the predominantly Jewish character of Matthew's Gospel, the origin of the concept of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161481658
• ISBN13: 9783161481659
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 231 Pages