The Messiah before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls

164 Pages·2000·7.16 MB·English

by  Israel Knohl

The Messiah before Jesus
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Messiah
The
before Jesus
The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls
ISRAEL KNOHL
Translated by David Maisel
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the
generous contribution to this book provided by
Jack Miles and also by the S. Mark Taper foundation.
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2000 by the Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Knohl, Israel.
The Messiah before Jesus : the suffering servant of
the Dead Sea scrolls / Israel Knohl ; translated by
David Maisel.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0-520-21592-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Dead Sea scrolls—Criticism, interpretation,
etc. 2. Dead Sea scrolls—Relation to the New Tes-
tament. 3. Jesus Christ—Messiahship. 4. Servant
of Jehovah. 5. Christianity—Origin. I. Title.
bm487 .k63 2000
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For my wife, Rivka, and for our children,
Shay, Tal, and Or

CONTENTS
List of Figures
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
1. The Messianic Secret
5
2. After Three Days
27
3. Another Paraclete
51
Postscript
72
Appendix A: The Messianic Hymns
75
Appendix B: Between Rome and Jerusalem
87
List of Abbreviations
103
Notes
105
Index
143