being? The messianic hope was never the hope of the victors and the rulers. It was always the hope of the defeated and the ground down.31 The hope of the poor is nothing other than the messianic hope. The expectation of the Son of man belongs to the Jewish apocalyptic that is associated with the prophet Daniel. Historically speaking, whether this universal figure of hope grew up out of Israel’s hope for the messiah, or whether it has different roots, is disputed. But in the tradition
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