Encyclopedia - Jewish Messiah: Encyclopedia - Jewish Messiah
The Jewish Messiah, (משיח) or Mashiach, or Moshiach, has traditionally referred to a future Jewish king from the Davidic line who wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Messiah - Views Of Maimonides
The predominant Jewish understanding of moshiach ("the messiah") is based on the writings of Maimonides, (the Rambam). His views on the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Messiah - Judaism And Christianity
Christianity as we have come to know it emerged from Judaism in the first century of the Common Era. The first Christians were Jews, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia - Messiah
In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ "anointed one", Standard Hebrew Mašíaḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Māšîªḥ Arabic المسيح;) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology: Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology
Jewish eschatology is concerned with Mashiach (the Jewish Messiah) the continuation of the Davidic line, and Olam Haba (Hebrew for "the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Davidic Line: Encyclopedia - Davidic Line
Davidic line, (also Davidic Kingdom or Davidic dynasty), known in Hebrew as Malchut Beit David ("Monarchy [of the] House [of] David") ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yechi: Encyclopedia - Yechi
Yechi began as the phrase "Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu Verabbeinu," ("May our master, teacher and Rebbe live!") to which the response was a sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jews For Jesus: Encyclopedia - Jews For Jesus
Jews for Jesus is a controversial US-based Evangelical Protestant organization founded in 1973 by Martin Rosen, also known as Moishe Ros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bozrah Deliverance: Encyclopedia - Bozrah Deliverance
The Bozrah deliverance is the climax of an extraordinary series of events that some Christian and Jewish Bible students believe will occu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity And Biblical Prophecy: Encyclopedia - Christianity And Biblical Prophecy
Christianity and Jewish prophecy is Old Testament Bible prophecies interpreted by some to concern a Messiah which are thought by many Chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Reubeni: Encyclopedia - David Reubeni
David Reubeni (1490–1535/1541?) was a Jewish false messiah, described by the Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia as "half-mystic, half-adventu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism
Messianic Judaism is any of a group of loosely related religious movements, all claiming a connection with Judaism, and all of which cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donmeh: Encyclopedia - Donmeh
Donmeh (dönme) is a Turkish word for a religious convert. It refers to a group of Jews of the Near East who followed Sabbatai Zevi (also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counter-missionary: Encyclopedia - Counter-missionary
Counter-Missionaries are Jews who defend Judaism against the Christian claims that Jesus is the Messiah, and comprise members from all Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism
The Unification Church officially takes a pro-Jewish, pro-Israel stance, yet many Jews denounce the church as anti-Semitic because of its...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity
The article Judaism and Christianity compares and contrasts two closely related Abrahamic religions that are in some ways parallel to eac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - Other Historically Significant Jewish Messiah Claimants
Messiah - Josephus's report of civil unrest in the first century. It had been thought that Josephus asserts that Jesus was indeed the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish View Of Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish View Of Jesus - Messiah
Main articles: Messiah and Jewish Messiah (Note that the Jewish and Christian concepts of "Messiah" differ substantially; readers who hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Eschatology - Mashiach/messiah
The Hebrew word Mashiach (or Moshiach) means anointed one, and refers to a mortal human being. Within Judaism, the Mashiach is a human be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In The New Testament
Christianity emerged from Judaism in the first century of the Common Era. The first Christians were Jews. Within the Jewish tradition the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In The New Testament
Christianity emerged from Judaism in the first century of the Common Era. The first Christians were Jews. Within the Jewish tradition the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - Other Messiahs
See Jewish Messiah claimants for an overview of such claimants and links to more detailed articles. In Stregheria, Jesus Christ is believ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In The Hebrew Bible
The concept of the messiah is prominent in many books in the Hebrew Bible. In the Hebrew Bible, Israelite priests, prophets, and kings we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jews For Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jews For Jesus - Aims And Organisation
Jews for Jesus' official mission statement is "to make the messiahship of Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide" and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - Other Messiahs
In Stregheria, Jesus Christ is believed to have been a sort of "evil messiah" or false messiah, while Aradia de Toscano is seen as the tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In The Hebrew Bible
The concept of the messiah is prominent in many books in the Hebrew Bible. In the Hebrew Bible, Israelite priests, prophets, and kings we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Eschatology - The Afterlife And Olam Haba The World To Come
Although Judaism concentrates on the importance of the Earthly world, all of classical Judaism posits an afterlife. Jewish tradition affi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Davidic Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Davidic Line - Bahá'í View
Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, referring to himself stated, "The Most Great Law is come, and the Ancient Beauty ruleth upo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In Islam
In the Qur'an, the scripture of Islam, Isa (Jesus) is described as a Prophet of God as well as "The messiah". The belief is that he was r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish View Of Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish View Of Jesus - Jewish Views On Christianity
Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon) writes why Jews believe that Jesus was wrong to create Christianity (and why they believe that Muhamm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - Traditional And Contemporary Judaism
The concept of the messiah varies in traditional and contemporary Judaism. The view of the messiah in talmudic literature is that there a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In Islam
Main articles: Isa, Mahdi, and Muhammad al-Mahdi In the Qur'an, the scripture of Islam, Isa (Jesus) is described as a Prophet of God as w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish View Of Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish View Of Jesus - Prophets
Main articles: Prophet and False prophet Judaism teaches that it is heretical for any man to claim to be a part of God; Jews view Jesus a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Claims Of Messiahship
Apart from this general Messianic theory, there was another computation, based on a presumably interpolated passage in the Zohar (a famou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Disillusion
Sabbatai's conversion was extremely disheartening for the Jewish communities. Prominent rabbis who were believers in and followers of Sab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Modern Followers
Although rather little is known about them, various groups called Donmeh (Turkish for “apostate”) continue to follow Sabbatai Zevi to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Davidic Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Davidic Line - History
Upon being chosen and becoming king, the custom in the times of the Tanakh was to be anointed with olive oil by having it poured on the h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yechi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yechi - Growth Of Messianism
In the early 1990s, some Hasidim became more vocal about rabbi Schneerson being the Moshiach, going so far as to serve him with a petitio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Messiah
Jews believe that a descendant of King David will one day appear to restore the Kingdom of Israel. Jews refer to this person as Moshiach,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jews For Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jews For Jesus - Critical Responses
Jews for Jesus is rejected as "un-Jewish" by Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Judaism and by other messianic Jewish ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Faith Versus Good Deeds
Judaism teaches that the purpose of the Torah is to show that good deeds are considered in holiness as much or even more important than b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Jews
LDS assert peaceful coexistence with the Jewish people, whom they recognize as Israelites who simply never lost the knowledge that they a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Comparison Between Mormonism And Judaism
Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God. Although monotheism is a fundamental tenet of Judaism, the Jewish religion arose and was codifie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Capital Punishment
Although the Jewish bible has many references to capital punishment, in fact very early on, the Jewish sages and rabbis used their author...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Nature Of Religion: National Versus Universal
Judaism does not characterize itself as a religion so much as a way of life (although one can speak of the Jewish religion and religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Jewish Symbolism In Mormonism
The LDS Church includes among its traditional symbols the Star of David, which has been in use among Jews since at least the 13th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yechi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yechi - Early History
Yechi began as the phrase "Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu Verabbeinu," ("May our master, teacher and Rebbe live!") to which the response was a sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormon Claims Of House Of Israel Descent
Mormons consider themselves to be the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (who was also known as "Israel") or adopted into the House...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Israel
Mormons, as a whole, are largely pro-Israel. Mormons, as well as many Jews, are also in favor of coexistence in the Holy Land. The LDS pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Messianic Age - Terminology: Messianic And Eschatology
In the context of "Messianic Age", the earliest meaning of the the word "messianic" is derived from notion of Yemot HaMashiach meaning "T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Evangelism
Judaism is not an evangelistic religion. Orthodox Judaism in fact deliberately makes it very difficult to convert and become a Jew, and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Mutual Views
In addition to each having varied views on the other as a religion, there has also been a long and often painful history of conflict, per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - War Violence And Pacifism
Jews and Christians accept as valid and binding many of the same moral principles taught in the Torah. There is a great deal of overlap b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Judgement
Both Christianity and Judaism believe in some form of judgement. The Christian view is very well defined - every human is a sinner, and n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Concepts Of God
Both Jews and Christians believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for Jews the God of the Tanakh, for Christians the God of the Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yechi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yechi - Recent Developments
Following Rabbi Schneerson's death in 1994, the Chabad Lubavitch community split into two primary factions, a "messianic" and a "non-mess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Raison D'être Of The Religion
Each religion has a mythos, that is, an internal description of its raison d'être, its reason for being. Christianity's raison d'être i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Heaven And Hell
Judaism is largely unconcerned with the problem of death or an afterlife; the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes states that death is final; t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jews For Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jews For Jesus - Support
Jews for Jesus is a member of numerous evangelical Christian groups such as: World Evangelical Alliance, Canadian Council for Christian C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Understanding Of The Bible
Jews and Christians seek authority from many of the same basic books, but they conceive of these books in significantly different ways. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Love
Love is a central value in both Judaism and Christianity. In Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, literary critic Harold Bloom argues that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Sin And Original Sin
In both religions, one's offenses against the will of God are called sin (in Christianity the full name is "actual sin"). These sins can ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Abortion
Both Jews and Christians regard pregnancy as a gift from God, and hold children to be miracles. The only statements in the Tanakh (Hebrew...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Messiah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Messiah
Messiah (Hebrew - annointed, as a prince - an heir apparent) 1)    according to Jewish tradition, a prince who would oc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Messiah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Messiah
Messiah (Hebrew - annointed, as a prince - an heir apparent) 1)    according to Jewish tradition, a prince who would oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - In Constantinople
At the beginning of the year 1666, Sabbatai again left Smyrna for Constantinople, either because he was compelled to do so by the city au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Nathan Of Ghaza
Having Halabi's money, a charming wife, and many additional followers, Sabbatai triumphantly returned to Palestine. Passing through the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - In Salonica
With this document, which he appears to have accepted as an actual revelation, Sabbatai determined to choose Salonica, at that time a cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Proclaimed Messiah
The joy of his followers knew no bounds. Sabbatai, assisted by his wife, now became the sole ruler of the community. In this capacity he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Spread Of His Influence
The adherents of Sabbatai, probably with his consent, even planned to abolish to a great extent the ritualistic observances because, acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Zevi's Early Years
In accordance with the prevailing custom of Jews, Sabbatai's father had him study Talmud. In his early youth he attended a yeshiva under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Messianism - Christianity
Christian messianism is based upon the necessity of a human blood sacrifice, to atone for the sins of the world. The Christian interpreta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Influence Of English Millenarianism
During the first half of the 17th century, millenarian ideas of the approach of the Messianic time, and more especially of the redemption...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - At Abydos Migdal Oz
After two months' imprisonment in Constantinople, Sabbatai was brought to the state prison in the castle of Abydos. Here he was treated v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Perspectives On Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Perspectives On Jesus - Judaism
Main articles: Jewish view of Jesus, Comparing and contrasting Judaism and Christianity, Judaism and Christianity, and Jewish Messiah Adh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bar Kokhba's Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Bar Kokhba's Revolt - Revolt
The Jewish sage Rabbi Akiva convinced the Sanhedrin to support the impending revolt, and regarded the chosen commander Simon Bar Kokhba t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Abrabanel: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Abrabanel - Works
His works may be divided into three classes, referring to: exegesis, such as his commentary upon the entire Bible with the exception of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nachman Of Breslov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nachman Of Breslov - Did He Believe He Was The Messiah?
Nachman of Breslov - View within Breslov. This is a difficult question to answer. He definitely believed in the concept of the Tzaddik ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donmeh: Encyclopedia Ii - Donmeh - History
While outwardly Muslim, the Donmeh secretly remained Jews, and continued to practice Jewish rituals covertly. They worshipped Sabbatai Ze...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dag, Dagon: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dag, Dagon
Dag, Dagon (Hebrew, Jewish). "Fish" and also "Messiah". Dagon was the Chaldean man-fish Oannes, the mysterious bei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ebionites: Encyclopedia Ii - Ebionites - Modern Ebionites
In 1985, Shemayah Phillips founded a movement that would eventually grow into the online Ebionite Jewish Community by 1995. This movement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Perspectives On Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Perspectives On Jesus - Judaism
Adherents of Judaism do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah, and reject all claimed Messiahs, holding that the world is not redeemed y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syrian Malabar Nasrani: Encyclopedia Ii - Syrian Malabar Nasrani - Christian Jewish Tradition
These early Christian Jews believed in Jesus as the Christ, but followed Jewish traditions and called themselves Nazaraeans or Nazrani (m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - The Coming
Main article: Millennialism In the major Abrahamic religions, there exists the expectation of an individual who will herald the end of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Jews - Christian
Christianity, which has its roots in Jewish teachings about the Messiah, has often had a contentious relationship with Judaism, giving ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Zionism - Jewish Reaction To Zionism
Support for the Zionist movement was not initially a mainstream position in the world Jewish community, and it was actively opposed by ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Na Nach Nachma: Encyclopedia Ii - Na Nach Nachma - Pronuciation And Meaning Of The Phrase
During his lifetime, Rebbe Nachman spoke of a "Song of Redemption" that would be revealed before the coming of the Jewish Messiah. This s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Enoch: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Enoch - History
The book, apparently as a Greek language text, was known to and quoted by nearly all Church Fathers. There was some dispute about whether...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judeo-christian: Encyclopedia Ii - Judeo-christian - Source Of The Term
Christianity emerged from Judaism in the century after the death of Herod the Great. Christians brought from Judaism its scriptures; fund...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jesus - Religious Perspectives
Jesus has an important role in the two world religions, Christianity and Islam. Most other religions, however, do not consider Jesus to h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judeo-christian: Encyclopedia Ii - Judeo-christian - Source Of The Term
Christianity emerged from Judaism in the century after the death of Herod the Great. Christians brought from Judaism its scriptures; fund...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schisms Among The Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Schisms Among The Jews - Sabbatians And Frankists
In 1648 Shabtai Tzvi declared himself to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah whilst living in the Ottoman Empire. Vast numbers of Jews bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presentation Of Jesus At The Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Presentation Of Jesus At The Temple - Scripture
The event is described in the Gospel of Luke (2:22-40). According to the gospel, Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Enoch: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Enoch - History
The book, apparently as a Greek language text, was known to and quoted by nearly all Church Fathers. There was some dispute about whether...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jesus - Religious Perspectives
Jesus has an important role in the two world religions, Christianity and Islam. Most other religions, however, do not consider Jesus to h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacob Frank: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacob Frank - Historical Background
The spread of Frank's messianic movement (1760-1770) occurred in the period following the killing of the Jews in the days of Bohdan Chmie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prophecy Of Seventy Weeks: Encyclopedia Ii - Prophecy Of Seventy Weeks - Fulfillment
A variety of opinion is present as to possible fulfillment of the prophecy. This passage has caused great concern for Jews as it suggests...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arnold Fruchtenbaum: Encyclopedia Ii - Arnold Fruchtenbaum - Biography
Arnold was born in 1943 in Siberia, Russia. The family escaped to Germany in 1947 after his father had been accused of being a Nazi spy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lazarus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lazarus - In Entertainment
Lazarus - The biblical Lazarus. In the motion picture The Last Temptation of Christ, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead but Lazarus is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Messiah - Present-day Positions
Jewish Messiah - Orthodox Judaism. Orthodox Judaism maintains that Jews are obligated to accept Maimonides's 13 Principles of Faith, in...   » Read the article