Reviews for Judaisms & Their Messiahs at the Turn of the Christian Era

The average rating for Judaisms & Their Messiahs at the Turn of the Christian Era based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-02 00:00:00 Timothy O'neal Good review of discussions of Messiah in various collections of second temple literature. Many of these essays were very helpful for my research. As with any essay collection, some essays are better than others. That is very true for this volume. Some essays are phenomenal; others not so much. At times the tone is a bit angsty against earlier scholarship, but a lot of good points are made. All in all, good review with special attention to the primary source material.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-03-27 00:00:00 Mai Tbaishat This book is a brilliant review of documents that mention "Messiah" from the second century BC to the second century AD (before and after Jesus). It shares ideas held by various sects (Qumran community, Pharisees, Christians, etc) on the concepts of what and who relating to the Messiah. This book was for the most part a good read, and held my interest.