The Messiah Myth: The Near Eastern Roots of Jesus and DavidBasic Books, 20 квіт. 2009 р. - 432 стор. Since the eighteenth century, scholars and historians studying the texts of the Bible have attempted to distill historical facts and biography from the mythology and miracles described there. That trend continues into the present day, as scholars such as those of the "Jesus Seminar" dissect the Gospels and other early Christian writings to separate the "Jesus of history" from the "Christ of faith." But with The Messiah Myth, noted Biblical scholar Thomas L. Thompson argues that the quest for the historical Jesus is beside the point, since the Jesus of the Gospels never existed.Like King David before him, says Thompson, the Jesus of the Bible is an amalgamation of themes from Near Eastern mythology and traditions of kingship and divinity. The theme of a messiah-a divinely appointed king who restores the world to perfection-is typical of Egyptian and Babylonian royal ideology dating back to the Bronze Age. In Thompson's view, the contemporary audience for whom the Old and New Testament were written would naturally have interpreted David and Jesus not as historical figures, but as metaphors embodying long-established messianic traditions. Challenging widely held assumptions about the sources of the Bible and the quest for the historical Jesus, The Messiah Myth is sure to spark interest and heated debate. |
Зміст
Historicizing the Figure of Jesus the Messiah | 3 |
The Figure of the Prophet | 27 |
The Children and the Kingdom | 67 |
The Song for a Poor | 107 |
The Royal Ideology j The Myth of the Good King | 139 |
The Myth of the Conquering Holy Warrior | 171 |
The Myth of the Dying and Rising | 197 |
The NeverEnding Story | 221 |
10 | 264 |
The Figure of David in Story and Song | 285 |
Examples of the Song for a Poor | 323 |
Testimonies of the Good King Notes Bibliography Index of Biblical Citations Subject Index ix xiii 1 27 67 107 i 139 171 197 i | 337 |
223 | 351 |
285 | 355 |
323 | 357 |
337 | 359 |
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