The Messiah Texts
eBook - ePub

The Messiah Texts

Jewish Legends of Three Thousand Years

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Messiah Texts

Jewish Legends of Three Thousand Years

About this book

Following a detailed introduction to the world of messianic ideology and its significance in Jewish history, The Messiah Texts traces the progress of the messianic legend from its biblical beginnings to contemporary expressions.Renowned scholar Raphael Patai has skillfully selected passages from a voluminous literature spanning three millennia. Using his own translations from Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Latin, and other original texts, Patai excerpts delightful folk tales, apocalyptic fantasies, and parables of prophetic power. All are central to the understanding of a magnificent heritage. patai also investigates the false messiahs who have appeared throughout Jewish history, the modern Messiah-influenced movements such as reform Judaism and Zionism, and the numerous reasons put forth by the various branches of Judaism as to why the Messiah has not yet appeared.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. About the Author
  6. Acknowledement
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Prologue
  10. Introduction
  11. 1. The Biblical Preamble
  12. 2. Preexistence and Names of the Messiah
  13. 3. Early Messiahs
  14. 4. The Ancestry of the Messiah
  15. 5. The Waiting
  16. 6. Counting the Days
  17. 7. Hastening the End
  18. 8. Son of the Clouds
  19. 9. The Bird’s Nest
  20. 10. Contest in Heaven
  21. 11. The Pangs of Times
  22. 12. The Suffering Messiah
  23. 13. The Mother of the Messiah
  24. 14. Elijah the Great Forerunner
  25. 15. Gog and Magog
  26. 16. Armilus
  27. 17. Messiah ben Joseph
  28. 18. Wars and Victories
  29. 19. The Ingathering and the Return of the Shekhina
  30. 20. The Triumph of the Lord
  31. 21. Resurrection
  32. 22. The Last Judgment
  33. 23. Messianic Jerusalem
  34. 24. Miraculous Fertility
  35. 25. The Banquet
  36. 26. New Worlds and a New Tora
  37. 27. Universal Blessings
  38. 28. Messiah Dreams
  39. 29. The Modern Postlude
  40. 30. Recapitulation
  41. Appendix I: Prayers for the Coming of the Messiah
  42. Appendix II: Maimonides on the Messiah
  43. Appendix III: A Messiah Catechism
  44. Appendix IV: The Pope’s Letter
  45. Appendix V: A Messianic Disputation
  46. Appendix VI: Grimmelshausen’s Account
  47. Epilogue
  48. Chronological List of Sources
  49. Abbreviations and Annotated Bibliography
  50. Index