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| Title: The Jewish Sign Prophets A.D. 40-70. Their Intentions and Origin Secondary Title: NTS Volume: 27 Pages: 679-697 Type: Journal Article Year: 1981 Abstract: "Barnett suggests that the stories of first century prophets and pseudo-prophets in Josephus were influenced by accounts of Jesus. // Erörterung der Intention und Herkunft der von Josephus erwähnten "Propheten", die durch "Zeichen" "sought both to herald God's "salvation" and also to "force" it into existence" (688). Aufweise eines "pattern" (689), in das sich auch Jesus einreihen lasse: "It is possible that the theological setting, in which a New Mosaic Age and "the Prophet" were expected, was such that Jesus and the Sign-Prophets were "thrown up" independently of each other" (690). // The Jewish prophets from Theudas to A.D. 70, who were described by Josephus, cannot be classified as Zealots or Sicari, messiahs, or pious charismatics. They are rightly referred to as "sign prophets", whose style of operation was modeled on the great figures of Israel's exodus and conquest. In seeking to perform signs, they sought to herald God's salvation and to force it into existence. Jesus, too, was hailed as a prophet who performed an exodus-conquest sign (the loaves) in a significant locale (the wilderness) and in the presence of a crowd (see Jn 6:1-15). Jesus was the first of these sign prophets, and his activities may have been a causal factor in their rise. - D.J.H." Keywords: Groups and Religious Movements in Palestinian Judaism |