Helping Jesus Fulfill Prophecy

Robert J. Miller is Rosenberger Professor of Religious Studies and Christian Thought at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics (1999) and Born Divine (2003), and he is the editor of The Complete Gospels (4th ed., 2010).

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and Short TitlesIntroductionPart 1: Prophecy, Prediction, and Fulfillment in Israel1 Prophecy and Prediction in Ancient Israel2 False Prophecies from True Prophets3 Fixing Failed Prophecies4 Prophecy as Mysterious Revelation: The Influence of Greece5 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls6 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Septuagint, the Targums, and JosephusPart 2: The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the New Testament7 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the New Testament: Introduction8 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Gospel of Matthew9 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Gospel of Mark10 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles11 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Gospel of John12 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Letters of Paul13 The Fulfillment of Prophecy in the Epistle to the HebrewsPart 3: The Argument from Prophecy in Patristic Thought14 Justin Martyr and the Argument from Prophecy15 Between Justin and Augustine16 Augustine and the Argument from ProphecyPart 4: Modern Reckoning with the Argument from Prophecy17 Modern Christian Thought and the Fulfillment of Prophecy18 Reckoning with the Argument from ProphecyAppendix 1: Muhammad in the Bible?Appendix 2: Adam and EdomTranslations of Ancient SourcesBibliographyAncient Texts Quoted

The fulfillment of prophecy has never been given its proper due by the critical scholar. Miller corrects that deficit with this compelling treatment of the claims of early (and modern) Christians about how Jesus fulfilled ancient Jewish prophecies. ... It is a meticulous, clear-eyed study that finally says what needed to be said.