Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible

Product Description

JESUS THE MESSIAH IN THE HEBREW BIBLE deals with the messianic texts found in the Hebrew Bible. Shifting away from conventional paradigms, Eugen Pentiuc develops a new way of understanding the presence of Christ in the Old Testament. His approach is ontological, based on the view that Jesus the Messiah was preexistent, and he appeared in manifold forms throughout the Hebrew Bible prior to his human incarnation in the New Testament. This book provides an accurate exegetical basis for reviewing the prophetic indicators–as well as the literary explications–of the relationship between the Old Testament prophecy and the New Testament fulfillment of Jesus the Messiah. A work of exegesis and biblical theology entwined with pastoral guidance, this book will be a useful tool for both ministers and faithful in their quest of Christ in the Old Testament. To that end, it also contains homiletic outlines and samples as well as the Church Fathers’ writings on the most important issues of hermeneutics. +

Review

Pentiuc has written a daring piece of biblical exposition that goes against the grain of most current interpretation. —
Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary

This work will prove valuable to students in the classroom, as well as to lay ministers in their work. —
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America

About the Author

Eugen Pentius is an ordained priest in the Orthodox Church. He is assistant professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages and chair of the religious studies department at Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA.