Is the Messiah announced in Malachi 3:1?
Malachi 3:1 is often touted as a key messianic text: YHWH supposedly announces the sending of the Messiah and a preceding messenger, a pattern confidently identified by Jesus himself. Such an interpretation continues to be published by evangelicals in both popular and scholarly works. Closer inspect...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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2006
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Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-228 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Maleachi 3,1
/ Messianism
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Further subjects: | B
Messianism
B Bible. Maleachi 3,1 |
Summary: | Malachi 3:1 is often touted as a key messianic text: YHWH supposedly announces the sending of the Messiah and a preceding messenger, a pattern confidently identified by Jesus himself. Such an interpretation continues to be published by evangelicals in both popular and scholarly works. Closer inspection, however, suggests that this conclusion is not supported by exegesis nor by all conservative interpreters. This can result in uncertainty for evangelical readers and even in the bringing of disrepute upon evangelical conclusions and methodology. This study of a familiar problem surveys the interpretative options of the identities involved, evaluates what can be said with confidence, and demonstrates a defensible christological way forward. |
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ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
Contains: | In: Tyndale bulletin
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