The Jewish messiahs : from the Galilee to Crown Heights / / Harris Lenowitz

• Autore: Lenowitz Harris
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.3/36
• Soggetto topico: Jewish messianic movements - History; Messiah - Judaism
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Jewish messiahs
• ISBN: 0-19-774151-7; 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778637303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II