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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Himmelfarb, Martha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sefer Zerubbabel.

Messiah--Judaism.

Messiah.

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic literature.

Eschatology, Jewish.

Christianity--Influence.

Christianity.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Criticism and interpretation.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament).

Judaism--Byzantine Empire--History--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789--Sources.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)

ISBN:

9780674979093

0674979095

9780674979086

0674979087

OCLC:

979560369