03191nam 2200781 450 991045596370332120211005091750.097866123840661-282-38406-61-4237-6325-40-19-534894-X1-280-45414-897866104541430-19-802745-10-585-16077-5(CKB)111000211155174(EBL)280966(OCoLC)476025225(SSID)ssj0000185606(PQKBManifestationID)12037429(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185606(PQKBWorkID)10216149(PQKB)10990613(SSID)ssj0000185607(PQKBManifestationID)11939106(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185607(PQKBWorkID)10215750(PQKB)11670938(MiAaPQ)EBC280966(MiAaPQ)EBC4311780(Au-PeEL)EBL4311780(CaPaEBR)ebr11271441(OCoLC)960164100(MiAaPQ)EBC3422875(Au-PeEL)EBL3422875(OCoLC)935242741(EXLCZ)9911100021115517420161012h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Jewish messiahs from the Galilee to crown heights /Harris LenowitzOxford, England :Oxford University Press,1998.©19981 online resource (308 p.)Includes indexes.0-19-514837-1 0-19-511492-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and indexes.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; NotesIndex of Messiahs and AccountsIndex of Topics; Index of PlacesExplores 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.Jewish messianic movementsHistoryMessiahJudaismElectronic books.Jewish messianic movementsHistory.MessiahJudaism.296.3/36Lenowitz Harris1037991MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455963703321The Jewish messiahs2459301UNINA