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Messianic Exegesis: Christological Interpretation of the Old Testament in Early Christianity is unavailable, but you can change that!

Professor Juel defends a simple thesis: “The beginnings of Christian reflection can be traced to interpretation of Israel’s Scriptures, and the major focus of that scriptural interpretation was Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah.” He therefore proceeds to demonstrate how certain Old Testament texts came to be applied to Jesus as Christ. He argues that the interpretative application of such...

remarkable caution regarding a messianic claim. In biblical tradition, the confession of Jesus as Messiah is bound up with his last days in Jerusalem. The one certain historical fact is that he was executed as King of the Jews, a charge that was construed in political terms by the Romans and in religious terms by the Jewish leadership. In Mark’s passion narrative, when Jews speak the terms are “the Christ, the Son of the Blessed” (Mark 14:61) and “the Christ, the King of Israel” (15:32); the formulation
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