The Lost Messiah

Author : John Freely
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Messiah written by John Freely and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2001 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Messiah is the astonishing story of Sabbatai Sevi, a 17th-century rabbi who through the mysticism of the kabbalah convinced vast numbers of Jews throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa that he was the long-awaited Messiah. Many of his followers were disappointed when he embraced Islam on threat of execution from the Turkish sultan, but many others continued to believe in him. Some of them even converted to Islam, creating the sect known as the Donme - outwardly Muslim, yet clinging secretly to Judaism. Today, a few Sabbatians still secretly hold true to their beliefs, patiently waiting for their Messiah to return and lead them to redemption; they believe that Sabbatai is not dead but merely hidden from human view, despite more than three centuries having passed since he left them.

Author : John Freely
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Messiah written by John Freely and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Freely
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781585673186
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Messiah written by John Freely and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2003-01-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Sabbatai Sevi is one of the most controversial religious figures in all history. In The Lost Messiah, acclaimed author John Freely follows Sevi's trail and the traces of the Jewish cult that grew up around him-one that still inspires belief today. Brilliantly evoking the vanished world of the seventeenth-century Jewish diaspora in the Ottoman Empire, the narrative moves from Sevi's birthplace in Izmir on the Aegean coast of Turkey, to the ghettos of Venice and Rome, the bazaars of Cairo, and the rabbinical schools of Jerusalem and Safed, all the while placing the exotic story into magnificent context with details of the state of the current Jewish communities in these areas. As Damian Thompson wrote in The Mail on Sunday, "Everything in this book is astonishing." The result of thirty years of research and travel, The Lost Messiahdeftly interweaves the work of respected scholars-including the pioneering writings of Gershom Scholem-along with Freely's own firsthand knowledge of ancient and contemporary Turkey and its environs. From the theoretical and practical background of Sevi's messianic movement and its emergence from the mysticism of the Kabbalah, Freely describes the many early unorthodoxies that turned many in Sevi's community against him and then goes on to provide explanations for how and why Sevi nevertheless acquired an international following that continued to support and believe in him-even after his shocking apostasy and conversion to Islam in the year 1666.

Author : Fred Worfe
Publisher : Tate Publishing & Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 9781631857959
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Messiah written by Fred Worfe and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two thousand years ago, an ingenious but dead-broke Roman intelligence officer is coerced into accepting a secret assignment to investigate what's going on in faraway Judea with a political "troublemaker" called Yeshua. At least that's what he's told! Boarding a rebellious little ship, surviving a shipwreck, an assassin's knife and a desert caravan attack south of Caesarea, he arrives in Jerusalem to find that Yeshua has been crucified on the hill of Golgotha between two common criminals. Fascinated, knee-deep already in intrigue, his life hanging in the balance by a thread, he begins his own investigation of the crucifixion and its aftermath. Mission over, escaping to the sea barely ahead of Governor Pontius Pilate's soldiers, he is told the truth about who he really is, why he is still alive, and the real reason he was sent on this strange and perilous task and the Shroud of Turin is on its way to Rome with the secret help of Pontius Pilate's wife.

Author : Marvin Alan Sweeney
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195133242
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Josiah of Judah written by Marvin Alan Sweeney and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2001 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author shows how King Josiah's reform program to unify Israel and Judah around the Jerusalem temple, laid the foundation for the exilic thinkers who rescued Judaism from the obscurity of Babylonian defeat and exile.

Author : Rabbi K.A. Schneider
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768487552
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awakening to Messiah written by Rabbi K.A. Schneider and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Jewish Jesus! Teaching the Judaic roots of the Christian faith, fostering a deeper love for Yeshua, and sharing the Good News of Messiah with both Jew and Gentile. In Awakening to Messiah, Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider takes you on a personal journey, revealing how the Lord has appeared and has spoken to him over the past 30 years. You will vicariously experience some of the challenges he has faced as a Jewish believer in Messiah, including being kidnapped by a famous deprogrammer who hoped to destroy his faith in Jesus. More importantly, he shares lessons that the Holy Spirit has taught him, causing you to both consider and confirm your own beliefs. In this true adventure, you will discover how the Old and New Testaments connect like a hand in a glove!

Author : Marvin Alan Sweeney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Josiah of Judah written by Marvin Alan Sweeney and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rivka Sarah Horowitz
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483639967
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Messiah Chronicles: Book 1 written by Rivka Sarah Horowitz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Arielle, a new immigrant to Israel, sees a poster announcing the coming of the Messiah, she feels compelled to raise people's awareness about it in any way she can. She starts by interviewing people, follows an old Chassid who is putting up more signs, and gets involved in promoting the rally where the Messiah is to be revealed. Little does she know that this day will change her life, setting her on an exploration of her beliefs and her commitment to the path she's chosen. A handsome young Chassid she meets the day of the rally, Aryeh, goes through changes of his own, choosing to leave the insular world he’d grown up in. David, a former Chassid who has chosen to leave the fold and expand his horizons, is of Davidic descent. His Uncle Yehoshua, a Holocaust survivor, believes himself to be the Messiah and plans to let the world know at a rally in Jerusalem. Yehoshua has been excommunicated by his Chassidic sect, including most of his family. Though David isn’t sure if it's true, he is willing to do whatever he can to help his uncle. When Aryeh and Arielle meet again at a Shabbat dinner, they feel a strong bond. As they get to know each other and their relationship develops, Aryeh introduces her to his new friends, David and Miri, and a world of spirituality she hadn't known existed. David's chosen profession, as a university professor, makes it necessary for David and Miri to move back to the United States. In 1994, after five years back in the United States, a dream Miri has leads them back to Israel for a visit, which will allow them to realize a longtime dream.

Author : Joshua Dysart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781582402369
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violent Messiahs written by Joshua Dysart and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A genre-bending, theological, sci-fi love story about criminal politics, the nature of violence and man's search for individuality"--Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610595490
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Second Messiah written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donation.