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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455963703321

Autore

Lenowitz Harris

Titolo

The Jewish messiahs : from the Galilee to crown heights / / Harris Lenowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

9786612384066

1-282-38406-6

1-4237-6325-4

0-19-534894-X

1-280-45414-8

9786610454143

0-19-802745-1

0-585-16077-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

296.3/36

Soggetti

Jewish messianic movements - History

Messiah - Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction: The Ritual and the Accounts; 2 The Israelite Messiahs: Jesus of Nazareth and Shim'on bar Kosiba and Their Forerunners; 3 The Persian Messiahs: Abu Isa, Yudghan, Mushka, and Serenus of Syria; 4 The Messiah of Amadia: David Alroy; 5 The Messiahs of the Inquisition: David Reubeni and Shlomo Molkho; 6 The Messiahs of Safed: Isaac Luria and Hayim Vital; 7 The Messiah of Izmir: Shabtai Zvi; 8 The Polish Messiahs: Yakov Frank and His Daughter Ewa; 9 The Tzaddik of Hasidism; 10 The Yemenite Messiahs: Reprise; 11 Conclusion: The Characterization of Abandonment; Notes

Index of Messiahs and AccountsIndex of Topics; Index of Places

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the history of Jewish messianism, looking at all the Jewish messiahs about whom anything is known, introducing each of these in



turn and offering excerpts of the original texts that tell their stories. By examining the messianic idea in the tradition which gave rise to it, Lenowitz sheds light on this aspect of Jewish history.