The Jewish Messiahs: From the Galilee to Crown HeightsOxford University Press, 27 sept. 2001 - 297 pages In this book, Harris Lenowitz explores the fascinating history of Jewish messianic movements. Looking in detail at all of the Jewish messiahs about whom anything is known, he introduces each of these figures in turn, and offers extensive excerpts of the original texts that tell their stories. The messiahs whom we meet in these pages range from the inspiring to the tragic and bizarre. By examining the messianic idea in the tradition which gave birth to it, Lenowitz both sheds new light on this engrossing aspect of Jewish history and provides a firmer basis for understanding contemporary messianic groups. |
Table des matières
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Jesus of Nazareth and Shimon bar Kosiba and Their Forerunners | 23 |
Abu Isa Yudghan Mushka and Serenus of Syria | 61 |
David Alroy | 81 |
David Reubeni and Shlomo Molkho | 93 |
Isaac Luria and Hayim Vital | 125 |
Shabtai Zvi | 149 |
Yakov Frank and His Daughter Ewa | 167 |
9 The Tzaddik of Hasidism | 199 |
Reprise | 225 |
The Characterization of Abandonment | 263 |
Notes | 277 |
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