ONE of the most significant developments in modern discussion of the life and teaching of Jesus is the growing disfavor with which the Messianic element in the Gospels is regarded by a certain class of writers. In making this statement, we are not referring to scepticism or denial in regard to the reality of Jesus’ Messiahship, objectively considered. The question whether or not Jesus was the Messiah has meaning only within the limits
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