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The Messianic Interpretation of Isa. 10:34 in the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2 Baruch and the Preaching of John the Baptist

The Messianic Interpretation of Isa. 10:34 in the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2 Baruch and the Preaching of... THE MESSIANIC INTERPRETATION OF ISA. 10:34 IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, 2 BARUCH AND THE PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST RICHARD BAUCKHAM University of St Andrews Isa. 11:1-5 was probably the most popular text of Davidic mes- sianism in early Judaism. Modern readers usually assume that this prophecy begins at Isa. 11 : and do not connect the preceding verses with it. 1 Ancient Jewish exegesis, however, frequently sought the connexions between adjacent passages of Scripture. In this article we shall examine evidence that a Jewish exegetical tradi- tion which appears in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch not only connected Isa. 10:33-34 closely with the following verses, but also found a reference to the Messiah in Isa. 10:34. This tradition of messianic interpretation of Isa. 10:34 will then be shown to inform the preaching of John the Baptist, as it appears in the Gospels, with the implication that, contrary to many interpretations of John's message, he did expect the coming of the Davidic Messiah. Dead Sea Scrolls The Texts: 4?pIsaa (4Q161) frags 8-10, lines 2-9: 2 1But see O. Kaiser, Isaiah 1-12 (London: SCM Press, 1972) 156-62, for an exegesis which treats http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Dead Sea Discoveries Brill

The Messianic Interpretation of Isa. 10:34 in the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2 Baruch and the Preaching of John the Baptist

Bauckham, Richard
Dead Sea Discoveries , Volume 2 (2): 202 – Jan 1, 1995
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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE MESSIANIC INTERPRETATION OF ISA. 10:34 IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, 2 BARUCH AND THE PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST RICHARD BAUCKHAM University of St Andrews Isa. 11:1-5 was probably the most popular text of Davidic mes- sianism in early Judaism. Modern readers usually assume that this prophecy begins at Isa. 11 : and do not connect the preceding verses with it. 1 Ancient Jewish exegesis, however, frequently sought the connexions between adjacent passages of Scripture. In this article we shall examine evidence that a Jewish exegetical tradi- tion which appears in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch not only connected Isa. 10:33-34 closely with the following verses, but also found a reference to the Messiah in Isa. 10:34. This tradition of messianic interpretation of Isa. 10:34 will then be shown to inform the preaching of John the Baptist, as it appears in the Gospels, with the implication that, contrary to many interpretations of John's message, he did expect the coming of the Davidic Messiah. Dead Sea Scrolls The Texts: 4?pIsaa (4Q161) frags 8-10, lines 2-9: 2 1But see O. Kaiser, Isaiah 1-12 (London: SCM Press, 1972) 156-62, for an exegesis which treats

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