Encyclopedia of messianic candidates & movements in Judaism, Samaritanism, and Islam /Eugene J. Mayhew.

Includes bibliographical references.

SECTION FIVE - APPENDICES -- Charts of Messianic candidates and movements -- Brief Biography of Dr. Alfred Edersheim -- Common Jewish argument on Messianism -- Other promised lands in Judaism.

SECTION FOUR - GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON MaineSSIANISM -- Observations on Messianism

SECTION ONE - IndianaTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- Current trends in Jewish Messianology

SECTION THREE - NON-JEWISH MaineSSIANIC CaliforniaNDIDATES AND MissouriVEMENTS -- Taheb: Samaritan candidates and movements: Introduction to Samaritan Tahebism -- The reincarnate Moses -- Simon Magus -- Menander -- Dositheus the Samaritan -- Abia and Dusa -- Sakta -- Auliyana or Julian ben Sabar -- The Taheb of 1865 and 1910 -- Mahdi: Islamic Candidates and Movements: Abu Muslim -- History and tradition of the Twelfth Imam Al-Mahdi -- The Druze Messiah -- Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i -- Zaydi Sa'id ibn Salih al-'Ani -- Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad -- The theology of the Al-Qaeda Organization

SECTION TWO -- JEWISH MaineSSIANIC CaliforniaNDIDATES and MissouriVEMENTS -- Messianic candidates in Judaism -- Old Testament period candidates (Seth - 400 BC): Seth ben Adam -- Enoch ben Yared -- King Melchizedek of Salem -- Moshe ben Amram -- King Saul of Israel -- Elijah the Messianic forerunner -- King Hezekiah of Judah -- Menahem ben Amiel -- King Cyrus the Great -- Zerubbabel ben Shealtiel ben Jehoiachin -- Mordecai and Queen Esther -- Intertestamental Period Candidates (400-4 BC): Anani -- Judah Maccabeus -- Messianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Judas the Galilean -- Judas ben Hezekiah -- Simon the Just -- Athronges -- Roman period candidates (4 BC-AD 500): John the Baptist -- Jesus of Nazareth -- Theudas -- The Egyptian Messiah -- Menahem ben Judah -- Simon bar Giora -- Jonathan the weaver -- Mourners of Zion -- Andreas Lucuas -- Simon bar Kokhba -- Moshe of Crete -- Messianic expectation -- Candidates in the Middle Ages (AD 501-1399): King Du-Nuwas -- The suffering Messiah -- Messiah of AD 645 -- Abu Isa -- Severus (Serene) of Syria -- Yudghan -- Messianic consciousness in classical Genizah Period -- The flying Messiah of Linon -- ben Chadd -- Messianic movements in France -- Messianic movement in Germany -- Ibn Aryeh of Andalusa -- Moses al-Dari -- David Alroy -- Solomon the Karaite -- Messianic movement in Baghdad -- Moroccan Messiah -- Appearance of a Persian Messiah -- The Messiah in England -- Yemenite Messiah -- David Almasser -- Messianic movements per computations -- Abraham Abulafia -- Messianic expectations in the Peloponnesus -- Moses de Leon -- Nissim ben Abraham -- Messianic movement in Italy -- Shemariah ben elijah Ikriti -- Reformation Period candidates (AD 1400-1647): Moses ben Isaac Botarel -- Don Isaac (Yitzhaq) Abravenel -- The Messiah of Bayhan -- Ismael Sophus -- David Reuveni -- Juan de Bilbao -- Solomon Molko -- Asher Lammlein -- Plefferkorn -- Ludovico Diaz -- Michael of Brandenburg (Michel Jud) -- Messianic Sebastianism -- Rabbi Isaac ben Solomon Luria -- Hayyim ben Joseph Vital Calabrese -- Fish Messiah and the Messiah who would part the sea -- The East Indies Messiah -- Messiah of the Low Countries -- Manasseh ben Israel -- Rabbi Samson ben Pesah -- Shabbatai Zevi -- Nehemiah ha-Kohen -- Sabbatai Raphael, Shilo Sabbatai, and the Messiah of Tartaria -- Jacob Querido -- Abraham Miguel Cardozo -- Joshua Heshel ben Joseph Zoref -- Gaspar Vacz Sevilla -- Ines Pereira -- Mordecai ben Hayyim of Eisenstadt -- The contested Messianic candidates of Buda(pest) -- Suleiman Jamal -- Hayyim ben Isaac Raphael Alfandari -- Prossnitz, Judah Leib ben Jacob Holleschau -- Israel ben Eliezer -- The leper Messiah -- Moses Hayyim Luzzatto -- Baruchiah Russo -- Jacob (Leibovicz) Frank -- Hasidim Messianic movement -- Various Tzaddikim -- Richard Brothers -- Joanna Southcott -- Nachman of Bratzlav -- Stoliner Rebbe -- Israel Friedmann -- Rabbi Yitzhak Eizik Yehuda Yehiel Safrin -- Ari Shocher -- Beggar Messiah -- Shukr ben Salim Kuhayl -- Shuker ben Salim Kuhayl II -- Theodor Herzl -- Yekuthiel -- Yusef Abdallah -- Haile Selassie I -- Hakham Yitshak Kaduri -- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn -- Messianism of the Gush Emunim -- The Messiah of Religious Zionism

A fascinating summary of historical messianic candidates and movements.

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