God’s Messiah in the Old Testament

EXPECTATIONS OF A COMING KING

Andrew T. Abernethy and Gregory Goswell

a division of Baker Publishing Group

Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 2020 by Andrew T. Abernethy and Gregory Goswell

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Abernethy, Andrew T., author. | Goswell, Gregory, author.

Title: God’s Messiah in the Old Testament : expectations of a coming king / Andrew T. Abernethy and Gregory Goswell.

Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020011975 | ISBN 9780801099755 (paperback) | ISBN 9781540963567 (casebound)

Subjects: LCSH: Messiah—Biblical teaching. | Bible. Old Testament—Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Messiah—Prophecies.

Classification: LCC BS1199.M44 A24 2020 | DDC 221.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020011975

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