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The title 'Messiah' ([[Hebrew]] ''[[Moshiach|mashiach]]'', 'anointed') applies to any Israelite [[king]] or [[High Priest]] since the time of King [[Saul]]. Consequently King [[David]] refers to himself as 'Messiah' throughout the [[Psalms]]. Here, though, the title is usually translated literally into English as 'Anointed', while the Greek [[Septuagint]], translated from the Hebrew before the Gospels were written, actually renders it as χριστος, i.e. 'Christ'. [[Christian]]s, using the same [[Greek]] translation of the term, apply the word 'Christ' to [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], while [[Jew]]s, Christians and [[Muslim]]s alike also use the term 'Messiah' to refer to the expected Messiah-to-come who will usher in the final Kingdom of [[God]] on earth predicted by numerous passages in the [[Bible]], and whom Christians identify with Jesus himself.
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The title '''Messiah''' ([[Hebrew]] ''[[Moshiach|mashiach]]'', 'anointed') literally applies to anyone annointed by God.  It was used to refer to the kings of [[Israel]] as well as the [[High Priest]]. The references to '''The Messiah''' (The Anointed) talk of a single figure who will establish God's kingdom for all time.  This term in Greek as ''The Christ'' in the [[Septuagint|Greek translation]] of the [[Old Testament]] that was in common use by the time of [[Jesus]] became the term used to describe Jesus himself, revealed as the Messiah in the [[New Testament]].
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[[Image:Michelangelo Crucifix from the Santo Spirito Convent..jpg|180px|right|Crucifix from the Santo Spirito Convent]]
 
[[Image:Michelangelo Crucifix from the Santo Spirito Convent..jpg|180px|right|Crucifix from the Santo Spirito Convent]]
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As a result of the association with King David and the Psalms, the [[Old Testament]] prophets universally saw the coming Messiah as 'David returned' ('and David shall forever be their Prince', says [[Jeremiah]]), but the associated Hebrew term 'Moshiach ben David' was then taken by the [[gospel]] writers to suggest that Jesus must have been a ''Son'' of David - a fact which then resulted in the dubious (and [[Alleged Bible contradictions|conflicting]]) claims about Jesus' ancestry that are presented in the early parts of the gospels of [[Matthew]] and [[Luke]]. At Matthew 22:41-46, however, Jesus himself denies the idea.
 
  
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==Sources==
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==Additional Reading==
  
 
* Armstrong, K., ''The Battle for God'' (Harper Perennial, 2000)
 
* Armstrong, K., ''The Battle for God'' (Harper Perennial, 2000)
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* Vermes, G., ''Jesus the Jew'' (Collins, 1973)
 
* Vermes, G., ''Jesus the Jew'' (Collins, 1973)
 
* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)
 
* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)
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[[Category:Abrahamic Religions]]
 
[[Category:Abrahamic Religions]]

Revision as of 18:40, December 18, 2007

The title Messiah (Hebrew mashiach, 'anointed') literally applies to anyone annointed by God. It was used to refer to the kings of Israel as well as the High Priest. The references to The Messiah (The Anointed) talk of a single figure who will establish God's kingdom for all time. This term in Greek as The Christ in the Greek translation of the Old Testament that was in common use by the time of Jesus became the term used to describe Jesus himself, revealed as the Messiah in the New Testament.

Crucifix from the Santo Spirito Convent


Additional Reading

  • Armstrong, K., The Battle for God (Harper Perennial, 2000)
  • Burrows, M., The Dead Sea Scrolls (Secker & Warburg, 1956)
  • Cruden, A., Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments (Lutterworth, 1930)
  • Cross, C., Who Was Jesus? (Hodder & Stoughton, 1970)
  • Finkelstein, I. and Silberman, N. A, The Bible Unearthed (The Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2001)
  • The Holy Bible (King James Version)
  • James, M. R., The Apocryphal New Testament (Clarendon, Oxford, 1953)
  • The New English Bible (Oxford & Cambridge University Presses, 1970)
  • The New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1990)
  • Lemesurier, P., The Armageddon Script (Element Books, 1981)
  • Peake, A.S., Commentary on the Bible (Nelson, 1962)
  • Powell Davies, A., The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Mentor Books, New York, 1956)
  • Schonfield, H. J., The Passover Plot (Hutchinson, 1965)
  • Schonfield, H. J., The Pentecost Revolution (Macdonald, 1974)
  • Schonfield, H.J., Those Incredible Christians (Bernard Geis, New York, 1968)
  • Various. The Sepuagint [1]
  • Vermes, G., The Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin, 1968)
  • Vermes, G., The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective (Collins, 1977)
  • Vermes, G., Jesus the Jew (Collins, 1973)
  • Young, R., Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible (Lutterworth, 1939)
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