The Messiah in the Old Testament

I recently took a one-day Ph.D. colloquium on the Messiah in the Old Testament. The entire day consisted of student presentations where each student summarized and critiqued a relevant book. Though time and content required that we paint in broad strokes, it was still an insightful day – mostly education by general exposure. Here are the books that were either listed in the syllabus or reviewed by a student.

• Joachim Becker, Messianic Expectation in the Old Testament (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980).
   
• R. E. Clements, “The Messianic Hope in the Old Testament,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 13 (Feb 1989): 3-19. Related: Paul D. Wegner, An Examination of Kingship and Messianic Expectation in Isaiah 1-35 (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992).
   
• Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins, King and Messiah as Son of God: Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Related Literature (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).
   
• Anthony Collins, A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion (London: n.p., 1737).
   
• Anthony Collins, The Scheme of Literal Prophecy Considered (London: n.p., 1727).
   
• Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The One Who Is to Come (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007).
   
• Graeme Goldsworthy, Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).
   
• Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics: Foundations and Principles of Evangelical Biblical Interpretation (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010).
   
• Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Historical Method (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999).
   
• Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981).
   
• Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., The Messiah in the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995).
   
• Sigmund Mowinckel, He That Cometh: The Messiah Concept in the Old Testament and Later Judaism (Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1956).
   
• Edward Riehm, Messianic Prophecy: Its Origin, Historical Growth, and Relation to New Testament Fulfillment (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1876).
   
• John Sailhamer, Introduction to Old Testament Theology: A Canonical Approach (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995). Related: Michael Rydelnik, The  Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Really Messianic?, NAC Studies in Bible and Theology (Nashville: B & H Academic, 2010).

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