The king-messiah in Jerusalem. Observations on the Davidic messianism in Psalms 2 and 110

Abstract

There are several psalms that can be called messianic. Among them there are specially those which, giving prominence to the messiah of Davidic line, are in the environment of contents and characteristics of the Jerusalem theology. This is the aspect that this essay intends to achieve, regarding psalms 2 and 110. One of the outlines of Jerusalemite messianism is the violence associated to contents of messianic-monarchic nuance.

Keywords

Messianism – Messiah - temple – Psalm 2 – Psalm 110 – davidism

Milton Schwantes is a professor of the Methodist Theology School and professor of the Post Graduation in Religion Science Program/Methodist University of Sao Paulo. Research focus: Old Testament. PhD in Theology by Evangelical Theology School, Heidelberg University, Germany. Electronic address: milton.schwantes@metodista.br