Waiting for Christ

the long version

Based on the translation of the Old Testament Messianic Prophecies. Arranged in a continuous narrative with explanations by Ronald Cox. This book applies for the first time the now famous Knox-Cox method to the Old Testament. Father Cox here gathers together in one volume the prophecies foretelling the coming of Christ, the Messiah for whom, in the words of Martha to Jesus just before he raised Lazarus from the dead, 'the whole world has been waiting for'. This book is divided into six chapters: the first five treat of the literally Messianic passages, the sixth deals with 'types' of Christ-passafes where the literal meaning is supplemented by a further meaning to be realized in the life of Our Lord. An appendix describes Our Lady in the Old Testament. Each chapter opens with a list of contents and an historical introduction outlining the main developments of Jewish life and thought during the period covered. An indiex lists all the Scripture passages in their biblical order. This book shows once again that the Knox-Cox way of reading the Bible enables twentieth-century readers without any specialist background knowledge to rediscover for themselves the excitement, vitality and power of the word of God