The Messiah and the Jews: Three Thousand Years of Tradition, Belief and Hope
A comprehensive, inspiring and fascinating discovery of what Jews believe about the Messiah—and why you might believe in the Messiah, too.
"The conviction that the Messiah is coming is a promise of meaning. It is a source of consolation. It is a wellspring of creativity. It is a reconciliation between what is and what should be. And it is perhaps our most powerful statement of faith—in God, in humanity and in ourselves."
—from Chapter 1, "The Messiah Is Coming!"
The coming of the Messiah—the promise of redemption—is among Judaism's gifts to the world. But it is a gift about which the world knows so little. It has been overshadowed by Christian belief and teaching, and as a result its Jewish significance has been all but lost. To further complicate matters, Jewish messianic teaching is enthralling, compelling, challenging, exhilarating—yet, up until now, woefully inaccessible. This book will change that.
Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman brings together, and to life, this three-thousand-year-old tradition as never before. Rather than simply reviewing the vast body of Jewish messianic literature, she explores an astonishing range of primary and secondary sources, explaining in an informative yet inspirational way these teachings' significance for Jews of the past—and infuses them with new meaning for the modern reader, both Jewish and non-Jewish.
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Book details
- Author
- Elaine Rose Glickman
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Messianic Judaism
Religion › Judaism - Topics
- Jewish theology · messianic Judaism · Jewish belief · Jewish teachings · history of Judaism · redemption · faith and hope
- ISBN-13
- 9781580236904 (Paperback)9781683364047 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI ELAINE ROSE GLICKMAN is a Reform rabbi and the author of six books, including The Messiah and the Jews: Three Thousand Years of Tradition, Belief and Hope, Haman and the Jews and Sacred Parenting.
Glickman received the Hakarat Hatov award from the Central Conference of American Rabbis in 2022. Sacred Parenting was a finalist for the 2009 National Jewish Book Award, and she earned prizes for writing and academic excellence upon graduating first in her class from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where she received her Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters and ordination.
Glickman serves as an Adjunct Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Sarasota, Florida, and is an Affiliated Professor at the University of Haifa. She is a past editor-in-chief of the CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly.