TY - BOOK AU - Scott,Douglas D. AU - Percer,Leo TI - Is Jesus of Nazareth the predicted Messiah?: a historical-evidential approach to specific Old Testament messianic prophecies and their New Testament fulfillments SN - 9781532658532 AV - BT235 .S367 2018eb U1 - 232.12 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Eugene, Oregon PB - Wipf & Stock KW - Jesus Christ KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Prophecies KW - fast KW - Messiah KW - Messie KW - Prophéties KW - Messiahship of Jesus Christ N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and indexes N2 - The primary question addressed in this book is this: "Do critically acceptable historical-evidential reasons exist for believing that Jesus Christ is the direct fulfillment of some specific Old Testament messianic texts?" Approaching this question within a framework that eliminates any possibility of staged prophetic fulfillment, and those that may occur by mere chance or collusion, produces results that must be taken seriously. Even with these strict criteria, Jesus emerges as the only viable candidate to fulfill some of the prophecies included in this study. For other prophetic texts, the evidence is not as abundant or convincing. However, even these texts yield several minimal facts that directly impinge on New Testament claims about Jesus UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2577343 ER -