Israel and the Secret History of the Iran Deal
American fears and fantasies allowed Tehran to buy real concessions with rhetorical morsels.
March 31, 2017
How Byzantine Jews Appropriated, and Satirized, Christian Messianism
The Book of Zerubbabel.
The Book of Zerubbabel—a purported Hebrew prophecy about the coming of the messiah, thought to have been written by a 7th-century Jew living in the Byzantine empire—circulated in rabbinic circles throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. In Jewish Messiahs in a Christian Empire, Martha Himmelfarb explores the origins, history, and impact of the book, arguing that much of its content was inspired by the author’s (or authors’) exposure to Christian ideas about the life and death of Jesus. Jae H. Han writes in her review:
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How Byzantine Jews Appropriated, and Satirized, Christian Messianism
The Book of Zerubbabel.