This book questions the lives of Jesus that say he did not think of himself as Messiah. It argues that Jews held that the Messiah would at first come to suffer and even to die. The Messiah could not say who he was; he would act as Messiah, waiting for God the Father to announce him king. The sayings of Jesus claiming or hinting that he was the Messiah are inauthentic in those respects, yet Jesus knew he was the Messiah. He knew he could be wrong, being fully human and fully divine, so he could be tempted. He died willingly for the sins of the world. He and other Jews believed in the Trinity. Ex-library book. Very good condition hardback with dust jacket. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Boards are clean and undamaged. Pages also clean and undamaged with no significant evidence of use. Library stamps and labels on title page and endpapers. Binding tight. Dust jacket protected by plastic sleeve and undamaged.