Redemption and Resistance: The Messianic Hopes of Jews and Christians in Antiquity

by James Carleton Paget and Markus Bockmuehl

Book Overview

Redemption and Resistance brings together an eminent cast of contributors to provide a state-of-the-art discussion of Messianism as a topic of political and religious commitment and controversy. By surveying this motif over nearly a thousand years with the help of a focused historical and political searchlight, this volume is sure to break fresh ground. It will serve as an attractive contribution to the history of ancient Judaism and Christianity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567030431
• ISBN13: 9780567030436
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"