Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture: Volume I: Jewish Messianism in the Early Modern World

ISBN-13: 9789048156665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 246 str.

M. Goldish;R.H. Popkin

Opis

This volume brings together ten essays by leading scholars about Jewish messianic ideas and movements in the early modern world. While much of the previous literature in this field has focused on the internal dynamics of Jewish thought, these essays stress the broader historical and philosophical context. The papers deal with such topics as messianic ideology in the wake of the Spanish Expulsion, messianism and Renaissance philosophy, the Sabbatean movement and its impact on Christian thought, messianism and conversion, the relationship of Christian kabbalists to Jewish messianic ideas, the Frankist movement, and Freemasonry. As a group, the essays here represent a challenge to Gershom Scholem's reading of Jewish messianism in this era, offering a rich tapestry of relationships between the religious imagination of Jews and that of their neighbors. Scholars and students of early modern history, eschatology and religion will find much food for thought here.

Recenzje

`This volume is a major contribution to the understanding of Jewish and Christian messianism in early Modern Europe. It can be highly recommended to libraries and scholars of early Modern European intellectual history.'
Religious Studies Review, 29:3 (2003)

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the series. 2. Introduction to the volume. 3. The Messianism of Isaac Abarbanel; E. Lawee. 4. Patterns in Converso Messianism; M. Goldish. 5. Syncretism and Millennium in Herrera's Kabbalah; K. Krabbenhoft. 6. Polemics Between Sabbateans and their Opponents; J. Barnai. 7. Christian Interest and Concern About Sabbatai Zevi; R.H. Popkin. 8. Failed Messiahs and Jewish Conversion; E. Carlebach. 9. Kabbalistic Messianism versus Kabbalistic Enlightenment; A.P. Coudert. 10. Messianism in the Christian Kabbalah of Johann Kemper; E.R. Wolfson. 11. The Charlatan at the Gottes Haus in Offenbach; H. Lenowitz. 12. Dr. Samuel Jacob Falk: A Sabbatian Adventurer; M.K. Schuchard. Index.