Names for the Messiah

Names for the Messiah

An Advent Study

Walter Brueggemann
Westminster John Knox Press, 2016
ISBN 9780664262570

Softcover, 96 pp.
4.98 X 7.24 X 0.29 inches | 0.22 pounds

In Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles--Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that title.

Christians have claimed from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. In this study, best-selling author Walter Brueggemann tackles the questions: "What were these expectations?" and "Did Jesus fulfill them?"