Jewish Messiahs in a Christian Empire - A History of the Book of Zerubbabel

Info autore

Martha Himmelfarb is William H. Danforth Professor of Religion at Princeton University.

Riassunto

The seventh-century CE Hebrew work Sefer Zerubbabel (Book of Zerubbabel)—a tale of two messiahs—is the first full-fledged messianic narrative in Jewish literature. Martha Himmelfarb offers a comprehensive analysis of this rich understudied text, illuminating its distinctive literary features and the complex milieu from which it arose.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Martha Himmelfarb
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.02.2017
• EAN: 9780674057623
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05762-3
• Pagine: 232
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; comparative religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, RELIGION / Eschatology, Christianity, Judaism, Judaism: Sacred Texts