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9780814779439: Essential Papers on Messianic Movements and Personalities in Jewish History

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marc Saperstein, who previously held the first regular faculty appointment in Jewish Studies at Harvard divinity school, is currently Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought at Washington University in St Louis.

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9780814779422: Essential Papers on Messianic Movements and Personalities in Jewish History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0814779425 ISBN 13 :  9780814779422
Editeur : New York University Press, 1992
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