* The Bärenreiter Edition, edited by John Tobin, published in 1965, which forms the basis of the Messiah numbering in Bernd Baselt's catalogue ( HWV ) of Handel's works, published in 1984.

In Chapter nine, Job recognizes the chasm that exists between him and God: “ For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together .” Job ’ s regret is that he has no arbiter to act as a go-between ; that Job cannot reconcile himself with God anticipates the need for the Messiah to become incarnate.

The capitalization is used in preference to the idea that the passage references the Messiah.

Christ () ( ancient Greek:, Christós, meaning ' anointed ') is a translation of the Hebrew מ ָ ש ִׁ יח ַ ( Māšîaḥ ), the Messiah, and is used as a title for Jesus in the New Testament.

Christ was originally a title, but later became part of the name " Jesus Christ ", though it is still also used as a title, in the reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning " The Messiah Jesus ".

Jesus is not accepted by the majority of Jews as their Messiah.

Christ has now become a name, one part of the name " Jesus Christ ", but originally it was a title ( the Messiah ) and not a name ; however its use in " Christ Jesus " is a title.

Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, referred to as the " Old Testament " in Christianity.

The central tenet of Christianity is the belief in Jesus as the Son of God and the Messiah ( Christ ).

The Christian view of Jesus as Messiah goes beyond such claims and is the fulfillment and union of three anointed offices ; a prophet like Moses who delivers God's commands and covenant and frees people from bondage, a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek overshadowing the Levite priesthood and a king like King David ruling over Jews, and like God ruling over the whole world and coming from the line of David.

Christians believe that Christianity is the fulfillment and successor of Judaism, retaining much of its doctrine and many of its practices including monotheism, the belief in a Messiah, and certain forms of worship like prayer and reading from religious texts.

Christadelphians believe that Jesus is the promised Jewish Messiah, in whom the prophecies and promises of the Old Testament find their fulfilment.

The concept of the Messiah is important in Christianity.

In the Book of Malachi, Elijah's return is prophesied " before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord ," making him a harbinger of the Messiah and the eschaton in various faiths that revere the Hebrew Bible.

The idea of the Messiah as an Arab is also found in another chapter of Gospel of Barnabas:

Matthew's gospel tells how Israel's Messiah is rejected by Israel, withdraws into the circle of his disciples, passes judgment on those who have rejected him so that " Israel " becomes the non-believing " Jews ", and sends the disciples instead to the gentiles.

The title Son of David identifies Jesus as the healing and miracle-working Messiah of Israel ( it is used exclusively in relation to miracles, and the Jewish messiah is sent to Israel alone ); as Son of Man he will return to judge the world ( a fact his disciples recognise but of which his enemies are unaware ); and as Son of God he has a unique relationship with God, God revealing himself through his son, and Jesus proving his sonship through his obedience and example.

The miracle stories in Mark do not demonstrate the divinity of Jesus, as this is an idea not found in that gospel, but rather confirm his status as an emissary of God ( which was Mark's understanding of the Messiah ).

* In Chapter 7: 41-42, and again in 7: 52, John records some of the crowd of Pharisees dismissing the possibility of Jesus's being the Messiah, on the grounds that the Messiah must be a descendent of David and born in Bethlehem, stating that Jesus instead came out of Galilee ( as is stated in the Gospel of Mark ); John made no effort to refute or correct ( nor did he affirm ) this, and this has been advanced as implying that John rejected the synoptic tradition of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem.

Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time, with works such as Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks and Messiah remaining popular.

The usage here is consistent with the definitions used by Messiah, Griffiths, and Mathematica.

The movement states that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and generally that he is part of the Trinity, and salvation is only achieved through acceptance of Jesus as one's savior.

* 1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

The oratorio, called Not the Messiah ( He's a Very Naughty Boy ), was commissioned to be part of the festival called Luminato in Toronto, Ontario, in June 2007, and was written / scored by Idle and John Du Prez, who also worked with Idle on Spamalot.

Not the Messiah is a spoof of Handel's oratorio Messiah.

* Messiah, oratorio by Haendel

This placed a premium on being able to rewrite music for whichever singers or musicians were best suited for a performance — Handel produced different versions of the Messiah oratorio almost every year.

* 1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah

* 1742: Messiah, oratorio by Handel premiered in Dublin

* April 13 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah is first performed in Dublin, Ireland.

The pinnacle of the oratorio is found in George Frideric Handel's works, notably Messiah and Israel in Egypt.

In June 2007, " Not the Messiah ( He's a Very Naughty Boy )", a comic oratorio by Idle and John Du Prez premiered at the inaugural Luminato arts festival in Toronto.

, the most recent public performance of the song by Python members was as an encore on the oratorio Not the Messiah ( He's a Very Naughty Boy ) at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2009, with Palin doing the lead performance and with Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the Mounties chorus and Carol Cleveland as the girl.

He turned to English oratorio in the 1730s, in response to changes in public taste ; Messiah was his sixth work in this genre.

The effort of writing so much music in so short a time was not unusual for Handel and his contemporaries ; Handel commenced his next oratorio, Samson, within a week of finishing Messiah, and completed his draft of this new work in a month.

A famous musical reflection on the Passion is Part II of Messiah, an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, though the text here draws from Old Testament prophecies rather than from the Gospels themselves.

The musical service, which was originally sung by the blind children only, was made fashionable by the generosity of George Frideric Handel, who frequently had Messiah performed there, and who bequeathed to the hospital a fair copy ( full score ) of his greatest oratorio.

" Cibber was particularly admired by Handel, who wrote numerous parts especially for her including the contralto arias in his 1741 oratorio Messiah, the role of Micah in Samson, the role of Lichas in Hercules and the role of David in Saul among others.

No person of sensibility, who has had the good fortune to hear Mrs Cibber sing the oratorio of the Messiah, will find it very difficult to give credit to accounts of the most wonderful effects produced from so powerful a union.

Bach's contemporaries included Georg Philipp Telemann and Georg Friedrich Händel, the latter best known for the oratorio Messiah ....

There was a royal performance of Messiah in 1743, which was a success and began a tradition of Lenten oratorio performances.

) Much of the oratorio repertoire, from Handel's Messiah to Mendelssohn's Elijah, is best suited to a bass-baritone with the ability to combine a rich, dark tone with a smooth, high-lying cantabile line.

Handel's oratorio Messiah ( 1742 ) includes three well-known da capo arias, " Rejoice Greatly " ( for soprano ), " He Was Despised " ( for alto voice ) and " The Trumpet Shall Sound " ( for bass ).

He owed to his vocal mentor Charles Santley a taste and technique perfectly suited to oratorio, of which Handel's Messiah was his favourite work.

* George Frideric Handel – The Messiah, an oratorio, first performed in Dublin