| Author/Contributor(s): | Saperstein, Marc |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Date: | 04/01/1992 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The messianic idea that a redeemer sent by God will come to end the suffering of a persecuted people and inaugurate a new age of justice and peace has been one of the most powerful and influential concepts given by the Jewish people to western civilization. This book represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.