Jewish expectations of coming redemption

Around the turn of the era, the Jewish people, in general, were eagerly expecting for God to redeem his people. This notion of redemption was understood in a few different ways. But many were anticipating a coming redeemer figure who would restore the nation of Israel and re-establish the Davidic dynasty. They referred to this figure as the Messiah. A number of biblical texts were interpreted as foretelling what sort of figure he would be. In this lecture I discuss several of these texts and their reception within the context of second temple messianic expectations.