Essential Papers on Messianic Movements and Personalities in Jewish History

ISBN-13: 9780814779439 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 552 str.

Robert M. Seltzer; Marc Saperstein; Marc Saperstein

Opis

The messianic idea that a redeemer sent by God will come to end the suffering of a persecuted people and inaugurate a new age of justice and peace has been one of the most powerful and influential concepts given by the Jewish people to western civilization. This book represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.