The Jewish Messiahs
| Titel: | The Jewish Messiahs : from the Galilee to Crown Heights / Harris Lenowitz |
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| Veröffentlicht: | New York [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 1998 |
| Umfang: | VIII, 297 S. : Ill. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 0195114922 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- 1
- Introduction: The Ritual and the Accounts
- p. 3
- 2
- The Israelite Messiahs: Jesus of Nazareth and Shim'on bar Kosiba and Their Forerunners
- p. 23
- 3
- The Persian Messiahs: Abu Isa, Yudghan, Mushka, and Serenus of Syria
- p. 61
- 4
- The Messiah of Amadia: David Alroy
- p. 81
- 5
- The Messiahs of the Inquisition: David Reubeni and Shlomo Molkho
- p. 93
- 6
- The Messiahs of Safed: Isaac Luria and Hayim Vital
- p. 125
- 7
- The Messiah of Izmir: Shabtai Zvi
- p. 149
- 8
- The Polish Messiahs: Yakov Frank and His Daughter Ewa
- p. 167
- 9
- The Tzaddik of Hasidism
- p. 199
- 10
- The Yemenite Messiahs: Reprise
- p. 225
- 11
- Conclusion: The Characterization of Abandonment
- p. 263
- Notes
- p. 277
- Index of Messiahs and Accounts
- p. 287
- Index of Topics
- p. 291
- Index of Places
- p. 295
