Jewish Messiahs in a Christian Empire : : A History of the Book of Zerubbabel / / Martha Himmelfarb.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017
• VerfasserIn: Himmelfarb, Martha,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Text and Context --; 2. The Mother of the Messiah --; 3. The Messiah Son of David and the Suffering Servant --; 4. The Servant-Messiah beyond Sefer Zerubbabel --; 5. The Dying Messiah Son of Joseph --; 6. Sefer Zerubbabel after Islam --; Conclusion --; Appendix. Translation of Sefer Zerubbabel according to the Sefer Hazikhronot Manuscript --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674979086; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110548259; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674979086
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Martha Himmelfarb.

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.