Essential Papers on Messianic Movements and Personalities in Jewish History

Marc Saperstein (Edited by)

9780814779439

Paperback / softback, published 1 April 1992

552 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.794 kg

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.