Messianism in Medieval Jewish Thought (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)

by Dov Schwartz (Author), Batya Stein (Translator)

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  Hardcover
  2017

  $78.44

  How did medieval Jewish scholars, from Saadia Gaon to Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel, imagine a world that has experienced salvation? Is the Messianic reality identical to our current world, or is it a new world entirely? This work explores how a rationalist can remain calm in light of the seductive promises of the various apocalyptic teachings of Antiquity regarding the Messianic world.