I. The Influence of Parseeism on the Belief in
a Messiah 37
II. The Hellenistic Idea of a Mediator (Philo) 46
III. Jesus as Cult-God in the Creed of Jewish Sects 51
IV. The Sufferings of the Messiah 64
V. The Birth of the Messiah. The Baptism 88
VI. The Self-Offering of the Messiah. The Supper 128
VII. Symbols of the Messiah. The Lamb and the Cross 140