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The Messiah in Judaism means anointed one; it included Jewish priests, prophets and kings such as David and Cyrus the Great. [1] Later, especially after the failure of the Hasmonean Kingdom (37 BCE) and the Jewish–Roman wars (66–135 CE), the figure of the Jewish Messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in an Olam HaBa ("world to come"), the Messianic Age.
Later, especially after the failure of the Hasmonean Kingdom (37 BC) and the Jewish–Roman wars (AD 66–135), the figure of the Jewish messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in an Olam Haba ("world to come") or Messianic Age. However the term "false messiah" was largely absent from rabbinic literature.
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In Jewish eschatology, the Messiah is a future Jewish king from the Davidic line, ... List of Jewish messiah claimants; Year 6000; Notes and references. Notes
Orthodox Jewish messianic movements have occasionally emerged throughout the centuries among Jewish communities worldwide. These surround various messiah claimants. However, from the Jewish view, the claimants failed to deliver the promises of redemption, and generally remained with only a handful of followers.
In 1948 he stated that he was Christ, the new messiah and claimed to have led a convoy of rocket ships to Earth from the extinct planet Neophrates. He died on 10 December 1958, after being suicide-bombed by two disgruntled former followers who accused Venta of mishandling cult funds and having been intimate with their wives.
Jewish messiah claimants (1 C, 31 P) S. Self-declared mahdi (18 P) Pages in category "Self-declared messiahs" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 ...
Jewish messiah claimants (1 C, 31 P) D. Davidic line (8 C, 29 P) G. Gog and Magog (19 P) S. Sabbateans (1 C, 34 P) Pages in category "Jewish messianism"
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