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1	The Saturnine Messiah: The Literary Representation of Sabbatai Zevi in Modern Jewish Literature Bao, Anruo January 2024 (has links) This dissertation delves into the portrayal of Sabbatai Zevi, the 17th-century Jewish messiah who converted to Islam, within 20th-century literary works. Specifically, it scrutinizes how this historical figure is woven into literature and delves into the significance of his portrayal in works written in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English. Utilizing Fred Davis’s insights on nostalgia’s correlation with historical disruptions and Svetlana Boym’s notions of nostalgia for both the past and future, this study interprets Sabbatai Zevi’s melancholic demeanor and his followers’ disillusionment with his conversion as manifestations of a concept termed here as “melancholic nostalgia,” denoting feelings of irretrievable loss. Given that these literary pieces emerged during pivotal moments in 20th-century Jewish history, this dissertation asserts that Sabbatai Zevi’s literary representation serves as a poignant symbol of melancholic nostalgia, resonating with the profound shifts in modern Jewish narrative. Jewish literature Comparative literature Literature, Modern Twentieth century Messiah in literature Islam in literature Yiddish literature Nostalgia in literature Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676 Boym, Svetlana, 1959-2015
2	Challenging messianism and apocalyptism : a study of the three surviving Messiahs, their related commonalities, problematic issues and the beliefs surrounding them Krawitz, Lilian 11 1900 (has links) The thesis is concerned with two issues, modern messiahs and their appeal, namely the highly successful Rebbe M.M. Schneerson from Chabad; and hostile, modern day, militant messianists and their beliefs, namely the USA Christian evangelicals and their rapture belief. The study directs attention at the three successful (in the sense that their movements survived their deaths) Jewish Messiahs, the 1st century Jesus, the 17th century Sabbatai Sevi and the present day, but recently deceased (1994) Rebbe Schneerson. The focus in the study falls on the latter two Jewish Messiahs, especially Rebbe Schneerson and Chabad, from Crown Heights, New York, whose messianic beliefs and conduct the thesis has been able to follow in real time. The thesis argues that Rebbe Schneerson and Chabad‟s extreme messianic beliefs and praxis, and the marked similarities that exist between all three Jewish Messiahs and their followers indicate that Chabad will probably, over time, become another religion removed from Judaism. The thesis notes that the three Jewish Messiahs share a similar messiah template, the “„suffering servant‟ messiah” template. The thesis argues that this template is related to the wide appeal and success of these three Jewish messiahs, as it offers their followers the option of vicarious atonement which relieves people from dealing with their own transgressions and permits people to evade the demanding task of assuming personal accountability for all their actions, including their transgressions. The recommendations in this thesis are prompted by the “wall of deafening silence” which is the result of political correctness and the “hands off religion” position, that prevents debate or censure of hostile militant messianism, despite the inherent dangers and high cost attached to the praxis of hostile, militant messianism and militant messianists‟ belief in exclusive apocalyptic scenarios, in modern, multicultural and democratic societies. The thesis argues this situation is not tenable and that it needs to be addressed, especially where modern day, hostile, militant messianists, unlike their predecessors at Qumran, now have access to the military and to military hardware, including nuclear warheads, and are able to hasten the End Times should they simply choose to do so. / Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Archaeology) Apocalyptism Apostasy Chabad Christian evangelicals Christian Zionism Compassion Deification Dual Covenant Theology Evangelical right-wing Hassidism Heresy Incarnation Jewish Messiahs Jewish messianism Jewish resurrection imagery Kabbalah Lubavitchers Lurianic Kabbalah Maimonides Messiah templates Militant messianism Mishneh Torah Modern messiahs Qumran Rapture Sabbatians Sabbatai Sevi Schneerson Suffering servant messiah template Gabriel Stone Vicarious atonement 206.1 Messiah -- Comparative studies Messiah -- History of doctrines Messiah -- Judaism Messiah -- Prophecies Hasidism -- Comparative studies Covenant theology -- Comparative studies Pseudo-Messiahs Nativistic movements Rapture (Christian eschatology) Tribulation (Christian eschatology) Sabbathaians -- Influence Knohl, Israel -- Influence LaHaye, Tim F. -- Influence Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676 -- Influence
3	Challenging messianism and apocalyptism : a study of the three surviving Messiahs, their related commonalities, problematic issues and the beliefs surrounding them Krawitz, Lilian 11 1900 (has links) The thesis is concerned with two issues, modern messiahs and their appeal, namely the highly successful Rebbe M.M. Schneerson from Chabad; and hostile, modern day, militant messianists and their beliefs, namely the USA Christian evangelicals and their rapture belief. The study directs attention at the three successful (in the sense that their movements survived their deaths) Jewish Messiahs, the 1st century Jesus, the 17th century Sabbatai Sevi and the present day, but recently deceased (1994) Rebbe Schneerson. The focus in the study falls on the latter two Jewish Messiahs, especially Rebbe Schneerson and Chabad, from Crown Heights, New York, whose messianic beliefs and conduct the thesis has been able to follow in real time. The thesis argues that Rebbe Schneerson and Chabad‟s extreme messianic beliefs and praxis, and the marked similarities that exist between all three Jewish Messiahs and their followers indicate that Chabad will probably, over time, become another religion removed from Judaism. The thesis notes that the three Jewish Messiahs share a similar messiah template, the “„suffering servant‟ messiah” template. The thesis argues that this template is related to the wide appeal and success of these three Jewish messiahs, as it offers their followers the option of vicarious atonement which relieves people from dealing with their own transgressions and permits people to evade the demanding task of assuming personal accountability for all their actions, including their transgressions. The recommendations in this thesis are prompted by the “wall of deafening silence” which is the result of political correctness and the “hands off religion” position, that prevents debate or censure of hostile militant messianism, despite the inherent dangers and high cost attached to the praxis of hostile, militant messianism and militant messianists‟ belief in exclusive apocalyptic scenarios, in modern, multicultural and democratic societies. The thesis argues this situation is not tenable and that it needs to be addressed, especially where modern day, hostile, militant messianists, unlike their predecessors at Qumran, now have access to the military and to military hardware, including nuclear warheads, and are able to hasten the End Times should they simply choose to do so. / Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Archaeology) Apocalyptism Apostasy Chabad Christian evangelicals Christian Zionism Compassion Deification Dual Covenant Theology Evangelical right-wing Hassidism Heresy Incarnation Jewish Messiahs Jewish messianism Jewish resurrection imagery Kabbalah Lubavitchers Lurianic Kabbalah Maimonides Messiah templates Militant messianism Mishneh Torah Modern messiahs Qumran Rapture Sabbatians Sabbatai Sevi Schneerson Suffering servant messiah template Gabriel Stone Vicarious atonement 206.1 Messiah -- Comparative studies Messiah -- History of doctrines Messiah -- Judaism Messiah -- Prophecies Hasidism -- Comparative studies Covenant theology -- Comparative studies Pseudo-Messiahs Nativistic movements Rapture (Christian eschatology) Tribulation (Christian eschatology) Sabbathaians -- Influence Knohl, Israel -- Influence LaHaye, Tim F. -- Influence Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676 -- Influence

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