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

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

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Himmelfarb, Martha,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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