Messiahs and Resurrection in 'The Gabriel Revelation' by Isra... - 9780826425072

Messiahs and Resurrection in 'The Gabriel Revelation'Author(s): Israel Knohl\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.\nISBN-13: 9780826425072, 978-0826425072\nSynopsis\nThis work offers an exploration of the formation of the conception of 'catastrophic messianism' in the Gabriel Revelation. It features the first discussion of the recently discovered text \""The Gabriel Revelation\"" - an apocalyptic text written on stone at the turn of the Common Era. This tablet provides revolutionary paths to the understanding of the historical Jesus and the birth of Christianity. It explores the formation of the conception of 'catastrophic messianism' in the Gabriel Revelation. According to this conception, the death of a messianic leader and his resurrection by the angel Gabriel after three days is an essential part of the redemptive process. This conception is a new key which enables us for the first time to un.