Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Messiahship in Judaism
Historical Messiahs in the Old Testament
Future Saviors in the Old Testament
The Future Saviors Become One Eschatological Messiah
The Divine Revelation about the Messiah
Different Messiahs in Other Jewish Sources
2 The Christ in the New Testament
Unanointed Messiah
The Christ of Paul
3 Al-Masīh in the Qur'an
The Meaning of Masīh
Messiahship is No Special Prophethood
The Awaited Messiah
One Messiah
The Name of the Followers
4 Jesus' Public Claim to Messiahship
The Qur'anic Jesus' public Proclamation of Messiahship
5 King of the Jews?
Jesus the King Messiah
Jesus the Spiritual King Messiah
Jesus the Messiah as a Spiritual Leader
The Non-Royal Qur'anic Messiah
6 A Second Coming for an Unfulfilled Kingdom
The Need to Bring Jesus Back
The Dangerous Politics of the Messiah's Awaited Coming
The Unreturning Qur'anic Messiah
7 Son of King David?
The Qur'anic Messiah: Son of Mary not Son of David
8 Savior?
The Qur'anic Messiah: No Unique Savior
9 Miracle Worker
The Miracle-Working Qur'anic Messiah
10 Suffering Messiah?
The Saved Messiah of the Qur'an
11 Scriptural Messianic Prophecies and the Gospels
Old Testament or Matthean Prophecies?
The Qur'anic Messiah's prophecy about the "Praised One"
12 The Historical Messiah
Appendix A: The Qur'anic Verses that Mention the Title "Messiah"
References
Index of Qur'anic Verses
Index of Biblical Passages
Index of Names and Subjects