Who is the Messiah?
Learning Objectives
Students should learn:
to use the terms Messiah and prophecy correctly
to understand how Christians interpret the Old Testament as prophecy about the coming of Jesus
to reflect on the concept of rescue
Learning Outcomes
Students:
explain the term Messiah
identify how Christians and Jews understand the concept of rescue
Links:
Jewish beliefs about the Messiah from
Judaism 101
(a challe
ng
ing read)
A whole website dedicated to the Jewish concept of
Messiah (Moshiach)
RE Quest has pages on
Jesus in History
and
Evidence
Facing the Challenge explains
what Christians believe about Jesus
, including
Old Testament prophecies
written before Jesus was born.
Paul Hopkin's site explains
Jesus as Saviour
(a difficult read)