Names for the Messiah

by Walter Brueggemann

Book Overview

In Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles--Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that title.

Christians have claimed from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664262570
• ISBN13: 9780664262570
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.2"