Jesus the Dayspring
Wenkel, David H.![Jesus the Dayspring](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/365/36578951/CHSBZCOP0336578951.jpg)
Messianic expectations in the first century ce were varied, but rarely did they include a figure associated with the sunrise or the direction of the east. However, in Luke's gospel the prophetic song (the 'Benedictus') of the priest Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, includes a title for Jesus that means the 'dayspring', 'dawn', or 'rising sun'. Where did this title arise?In Jesus the Dayspring, Wenkel suggests that the connection between ...