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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674979086
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BM615 .H56 2017eb
Online resources:
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
Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Relig. Studies, Jewish Studies 2017Title is part of eBook package: HUP eBook Package 2016-2018Title is part of eBook package: HUP eBook Package 2017Title is part of eBook package: HUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017Summary: 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.
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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

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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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