Israel Knohl
Israeli biblical scholar and professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known for work on the Priestly and Holiness traditions and on Second Temple messianism. He is the author of books such as The Sanctuary of Silence, The Divine Symphony, and The Messiah before Jesus, and has been a prominent interpreter of the 'Gabriel Revelation' inscription.
Books
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1. The Messiah Before Jesus
The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Arguing that key elements of a suffering, dying, and rising messiah predate early Christianity, this study reinterprets Dead Sea Scrolls and related late Second Temple texts to reveal traditions about a “Messiah of Ephraim/Joseph.” It proposes that a historical figure executed before the Common Era inspired expectations of atoning death and resurrection after three days. By re-reading Qumran hymns and apocalyptic fragments, it contends that early Christian beliefs emerged within an existing Jewish messianic framework rather than inventing it outright.
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