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This book represents the fruit of a long process of study and reflection, a powerful but subtle synthesis, by one of the most eminent scholars of Second Temple Judaism. Far from a conventional narrative history, it is organized around themes and seeks to uncover the essence of Hebraic/Jewish religious thinking while confronting the phenomenon of its division into several “parties” and traditions....

My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe my statutes … and my servant David shall be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them … Mention is no longer made of the Davidic dynasty; Ezekiel is awaiting a new David who will fulfill the expectations that were once hoped for in a historical descendant of the house of David. The messianic hopes
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