Statement

The authors add that, around this period, certain Jews may have been waiting for a pair of messianic figures, the earlier one destined to suffer or die before the later one arrived, and that Jesus's suffering and death could have been compatible with that expectation.

References

1. p. 60

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Five Questions About the Jewish Bible

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