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These are opinionated essays. They argue positions on biblical-studies topics and draw conclusions from critical scholarship. For neutral, both-sides treatments that adjudicate nothing, see Scripture Analysis.
Tagged “Suffering Servant”
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The Suffering Servant Debate: Israel, the Prophet, or the Messiah?
Isaiah 53 read through the Septuagint, Qumran, the Targum, the Talmud and Rashi: why an ancient messianic reading was never a Christian one.
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Reading Backwards: How Crucifixion Created Christology
A crucified messiah was a contradiction in terms. How the cross sent Jesus's followers back into Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, and why the christology they found there was read backward from the event rather than predicted before it.