The Evolution of the Messianic Idea (1908 Oesterley), book
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The Evolution of the Messianic Idea: a Study in Comparative Religion (1908) is a book by William O.E. Oesterley.
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Editions
Published in New York, NY: E.P. Duttan & Co., 1908. First British edition published in London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1908. Reprinted in Eugene, OR: Wipf. & Stock Publishers, 2004.
Table of contents
- Part I: The Antecedents of the Messianic Idea
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Earliest forms of Myth Due to Elemental Characteristics in Man
- 3. Floating Myth-Material was used by Old Testament Writers and Adapted to Higher Teaching
- 4. The "Tehom-Myth"
- 5. The "Tehom-Myth" Among the Hebrews
- 6. The "Tehom-Myth" Among Other Peoples
- 7. Extensions of the "Tehom-Myth"
- 8. The "Jahwe-Myth"
- 9. The "Jahwe (Heilbringer)-Myth" Among Other Peoples
- 10. The "Paradise-Myth"
- 11. The "Paradise-Myth" Among Other Peoples
- Part II: Some Examples of Adaptation and Development
- 12. Summary of the Material Dealt With
- 13. Satan
- 14. The Messiah
- 15. The Messiah (continued)
- 16. The Messianic Era
- 17. Conclusion