Editing Christ (title) (section)

=== Pre–New-Testament references ===
In the [[Old Testament]], anointing was a ceremonial ritual reserved to:
* the [[Kings of Israel and Judah#List of Kings|Kings of Israel]] ([[Books of Kings|1 Kings]] 19:16; 24:7, [[Psalms]] 17 (18):51);
* [[Cyrus the Great]] ([[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 45:1);
* the [[High Priest of Israel]];
* the [[Patriarchs (Bible)|patriarchs]] (Psalms 104(105):15); and
* the [[biblical prophets|prophets]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/jesus-christ-the-real-story/what-do-messiah-and-jesus-christ-mean | title = What Do 'Messiah' and 'Jesus Christ' Mean?. Both Christ and Messiah mean anointed or anointed one. | date = January 26, 2011 | access-date= Sep 17, 2018 | language = en | quotation = anointing was a rite of kingship in Syria-Palestine in the fourteenth century BCE. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160622131408/https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/jesus-christ-the-real-story/what-do-messiah-and-jesus-christ-mean | archive-date = June 22, 2016 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="lsjchristos"/>

In the [[Septuagint]] text of the [[deuterocanonical books]], the term "Christ" (Χριστός, [[Romanization of Greek|translit.]] Christós) is found in [[2 Maccabees]] 1:10<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Maccabees-Chapter-1_Original-1611-KJV/ | title = 1611 King James Bible, Second Book of Maccabees, chapter 1, verse 10 | website = kingjamesbibleonline.org | language = en }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=1&interlin=on | title = Greek Septuagint and Wiki English Translation, Second Book of Maccabees, chapter 1 | website = katabiblon.com | language = en, el |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004145007/http://www.en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=1&interlin=on |archive-date=2018-10-04 |url-status=live}}</ref> (referring to the [[High Priest of Israel#Consecration|anointed High Priest of Israel]]) and in the [[Sirach|Book of Sirach]] 46:19,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ecclesiasticus-Chapter-46_Original-1611-KJV/ | title = 1611 King James Bible, Book of Sirach, chapter 46, verse 19 | website = kingjamesbibleonline.org | language = en }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=Sir&ch=46 | title = Greek Septuagint and Wiki English Translation, Book of Sirach, chapter 46 | website = katabiblon.com | language = en, el |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005112315/http://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=Sir&ch=46 |archive-date=2018-10-05 |url-status=live}}</ref> in relation to [[Samuel#Biblical account#Calling|Samuel]], prophet and institutor of the kingdom under Saul.

At the time of Jesus, there was no single form of [[Second Temple Judaism]], and there were significant political, social, and religious differences among the various Jewish groups.<ref name=Ekstrand147 >{{cite book|title=Christianity |first=Donald W. |last=Ekstrand |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-60477-929-5 |pages=147–150|publisher=Donald Ekstrand }}</ref> But for centuries the Jews had used the term ''moshiach'' ("anointed") to refer to their expected deliverer.<ref name= CathencChrist />