Matthew V. Novenson, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

Matthew V. Novenson is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. He has also been a visiting professor at Dartmouth College and Duke University and a visiting research fellow at Durham University. He is the author of Christ among the Messiahs (Oxford University Press, 2012).

"Novenson surveys and successfully disrupts the discourse about messianism, and his fresh approach suggests new directions for scholarly inquiry on the messianic idea by utilizing methods and techniques from literary studies ... Upper-level and graduate students as well as senior scholars in literature, religious studies, and theology will find great reward in this inquiry." - Patrick Horn, Reading Religion

"His detailed attention to and breath of familiarity with primary messianic texts, from Second Isaiah to Sefer Zerubbabel, is impressive. Novenson's ability to penetrate and to deconstruct scholarly constructs is insightful and perceptive. ... Novenson's work is a must read for anyone focusing on ancient messianism and I anticipate that his approach to ancient messianic texts will lead to further refinement in the study of ancient messianism." - D. Clint Burnett, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"From a new angle, and with a fascinating range of biblical, rabbinic, and patristic instances ... Whatever conclusions are reached by students of messianism, they will not be sorry to have read this stimulating and informative book." - William Horbury, Catholic Biblical Quarterly

"combine[s] a close engagement with an impressive array of scholarship and its history, exegetical rigour, and attention to a wide range of primary sources, with a clarity of argument and style." - Judith M. Lieu, Theology

"The ambition of the projects scope is remarkable ... [The Grammar of Messianism] is a valuable contribution, and a compelling invitation to fresh exegesis." - J.P. Davis, Journal for the Study of The New Testament

"Matthew Novenson's study of ancient messianism is revisionary as well as elegantly simple...[and] has enormous implications for understanding the Jewish origins of Christianity and a variety of New Testament texts." - Joshua Jipp, Christian Century