Essential Papers on Messianic Movements and Personalities in Jewish History

Saperstein, Marc

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0814779433 ISBN 13: 9780814779439

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 1992

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.

L'autore:

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.

Product Description:

Presenting a sample of interpretations of Jewish messianic movements from the time of Jesus to the present, this volume explores the dynamics of the messianic movement from various perspectives - historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.