Jewish Millenarianism: A Comparison of Medieval Communities
1980 ◽
Vol 22
(3)
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pp. 394-415
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Sociologists and anthropologists who have studied millennial movements in a comparative perspective have almost completely ignored the movements among Jews in the Diaspora. Historians have studied particular Jewish messianic outbursts and have also provided general surveys of Jewish millennial expectations and ‘false’ messiahs, but none have offered a systematic analysis of possible social causes and few have made any comparison with non-Jewish millennial movements. Gershom Scholem, the author of Sabbatai Sevi, by far the most outstanding work on Jewish messianism, puts the weight of explanation on the immanent development of ideas in Judaism and tends to discountenance possible social causes.
1978 ◽
Vol 36
(3)
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pp. 516-520
1997 ◽
Vol 52
(10)
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pp. 1147-1148
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