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Lubavitcher Messianism : What Really Happens When Prophecy Fails?.
In 1994 the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Schneerson, died leaving no successor. For many years his followers had maintained that he was Moshiach -the Jewish Messiah and would usher in the Redemption. After his death Lubavitch divided into two opposing groups. While some messianists hold that the Rebb...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
2011.
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| Colección: | Continuum studies in Jewish thought.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1994 the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Schneerson, died leaving no successor. For many years his followers had maintained that he was Moshiach -the Jewish Messiah and would usher in the Redemption. After his death Lubavitch divided into two opposing groups. While some messianists hold that the Rebbe died but is to be resurrected as the messiah, others hold that he is still alive, but concealed. The anti-messianists maintain that the Rebbe could have been Moshiach if God had willed it, but they disagree vehemently that as such he could come back from the dead. Using ethnographic data obtained. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (193 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441151759 1441151753 9781441112231 1441112235 |