firedragon
Veteran Member
This post is gonna reject Islamic, Christian and Jewish beliefs. Maybe the Jewish beliefs is more receptive to this post because the Messiah is something that was used in the Tanakh to refer to others as well, but Muslims and Christians generally view the Messiah as one single person, Jesus the Messiah. This might offend Muslims, but try to take it as a literary study and an opening of a can of worms as an endeavour, not as a rejection of the faith.
Reading the Qur'an Jesus referred to as "Messiah", but the Quran refers to many people as Nabi and Rasool but it is accepted that there were many Nabi's and many Rasools. But how about the Messiah? Is there only one?
Lets take the Qumran documents. The Essenes believed there would be 3 messiahs. I understand that the Essenes are an isolated people who compiled their own traditions and maybe the DSR has some representations of it, yet they believed in 3 messiahs.
Thus on what true basis do we believe that there is only one person called the Messiah? This question goes out to all. In this post I bracket faith and open scripture for interpretation and exegesis.
Peace.
Reading the Qur'an Jesus referred to as "Messiah", but the Quran refers to many people as Nabi and Rasool but it is accepted that there were many Nabi's and many Rasools. But how about the Messiah? Is there only one?
Lets take the Qumran documents. The Essenes believed there would be 3 messiahs. I understand that the Essenes are an isolated people who compiled their own traditions and maybe the DSR has some representations of it, yet they believed in 3 messiahs.
Thus on what true basis do we believe that there is only one person called the Messiah? This question goes out to all. In this post I bracket faith and open scripture for interpretation and exegesis.
Peace.