The term messianism is derived from messiah, a transliteration of the Hebrew mashiaḥ ("anointed"), which originally denoted a king whose reign was consecrated by a rite of anointment with oil. In the Hebrew scriptures (Old...

Messianism is any field of philosophy which concerns itself with the interpretations of stories about a world hero or the establishment of a Utopian world. The four most common topics of messianism are the Messiah, the Saoshyant, the Maitreya, and the...

This is a book that offers more than the simple telling of a story, engrossing though the narrative is. Jane Rogers is fascinated by the subject of messianism. In Mr Wroe's Virgins, her last novel, she told the story of a Lancashire woolcomber who,...

WILLIAM HORBURY, Jewish Messianism and the Cult of Christ (London: SCM, 1998). Pp. vi + 234. Paper L17.95. Books whose theses fly against the prevailing critical winds have a valuable role in the development of scholarship. If such books are well done, they...

Arsonists burst into a Jerusalem church and set the building on fire, church officials said Wednesday, raising suspicions that Jewish extremists were behind the attack.The church in west Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood was rebuilt after it was burned down 25 years ago by ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremists.Members...

Hundreds of white-robed Christian pilgrims from Brazil entered the gently flowing waters of the Jordan River on Monday, some so overcome with emotion that they sobbed and collapsed on the shoulders of friends even before it was their turn to be immersed.The Brazilians, more than...