Essential Papers on Messianic Movements and Personalities in Jewish History

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Zusammenfassung

Represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Frank Fitzgerald, Robert M. Seltzer
• Mitarbeit: Marc Saperstein (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: New York University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.1992
• EAN: 9780814779439
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-7943-9
• Seiten: 552
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 228 mm x 33 mm
• Gewicht: 800 g
• Serien: Main Trends of the Modern Worl; Essential Papers on Jewish Stu; Essential Papers on Jewish Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Judentum; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht