ESSAY - messiah Flashcards
intro
maschiach/christos = anointed one
OT prophecy, isaiah 9:6-7 for instance predicted royal, davidic messiah
genealogy that begins Matthew - JC the Messiah
did JC view himself as messiah ?
not in kingly sense
aware of status as anointed one
OT prophecy, peter’s confession, crucifixion and eschatological teaching
para 1 - OT prophecy
entry into jersualem
Mk 11:1-10, enters on donkey ‘hosanna, blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor david’
1 kings 1:32:40 - solomon rides to gihon on donkey and proclaimed king
2 kings 9:12-13 - garments placed on steps before king jehu
in Mk, cloaks are spread on road
zech 9;9 - political act
- mt 21:5 and John 12:15, ‘fulfilment of what had been spoken through the prophet’
Aslan - orchestrated political act
JC = political in other instances e.g. cleansing of temple - OT basis in Psalms of Solomon 17:29-30, ‘he will…cleanse Jerusalem in holiness’
para 1 ao2
Aslan = wrong. too reductive to view him as purely political
need to recognise ethical intention
- for a modern reader, ethical teachings re. cleansing of temple = comment on materialism
- contemporary - talking about how to implement the law. application of law to actions. ethics is not abstract - regardless, not purely political function
- hengel, real zeal = love for enemies
referred to as rabbi more than son of david/messiah - messianic status is most clearly seen in post-resurrection (lk 24:26-7), links messianic status to necessity of suffering not politics
aware of messianic status re. prophecy
para 2 - peter’s confession
look at diverging interpretation of event
mark 8 = JC reaction is dismissive
matt 16 = more positive
but authenticity as all three follow confession with suffering son of man saying
JC knew messiah must suffer
neusner - inherent connection between SofM suffering and Messiah
wrede - messianic secret, sensationalisation
conzelmann and lindemann - messiah is a ‘theologoumenon’
however, doesn’t recognise events that allude to messianic status e.g. entry
does not ever deny messianic status in confession - not actively vocalised but aware of it
para 3 - eschatological teaching
luke 4:43, ‘I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of god’
has exclusive knowledge re. kofG and eschatological hope
warns re. contemporary materialist attitudes - mark 10 and matt 19 - ‘it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of god’
para 3 ao2
dahl - JC crucified as messianic pretender
teachings re. kofG are reflective of gospel writers’ attempt to give JC messianic authority
Although this argument seems to threaten Jesus’ messianic consciousness, I would respond that whilst the resurrection cemented contemporaries’ views of Jesus as Messiah, Jesus himself was aware of his messianic status all along.
bultmann - no sayings where JC says he is the one to come
but he references OT e.g. Luke 7:22 is reminiscent of Isaiah 61:1 and Isaiah 35:5 - bringing good news and blind receiving sight
para 4 - crucifixion
confession before high priest
purely affirmative response
but lack of harmony between synoptic accounts
mark - ‘I am’. exodus 3:14, high christology
matt - you have said so
luke - you say that I am
more evasive
king of jews, Messianic pretender
dahl - messianic status ‘belongs to the dogmatic motifs of the passion story’
para 4 ao2
reimarus. - JC was a political liberator. failed mission meant he was transformed into saviour figure
but, JC predicts crucifixion, matt 26:2
should also not restrict ourselves to resurrection alone - pre-resurrection miracles e.g. Luke 18:35-42, blind beggar - Isaiah 35:5, ‘the eyes of the blind shall be opened’
- messianic idea of liberation. but not political/militant
conc
depends on definition of messiah
not political, regal messiah - acknowledges that he must suffer
but not purely political - see eschatological teaching
