Dec
07
2009
Block, “Handel’s Messiah: Biblical and Theological Perspectives”
Daniel Block, Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School, has an interesting essay from a number of years ago on the biblical theology of Handel’s Messiah. Here’s what he sets out to accomplish:
My task is not to deal at length with the men behind Messiah, only to comment on their achievements from a theological and biblical perspective.
Nor is it my task to comment in detail on the musical interpretation of the biblical passages of which the oratorio consists. I leave that to persons much better qualified than I am.
My task is to offer some commentary on the composition from a biblical and theological perspective.