Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture: Volume I ... - Google Books

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The earliest scientific studies of Jewish messianism were conducted by the scholars of the Wissenschaft des Judentums school, particularly Heinrich Graetz, the first great Jewish historian of the Jews since Josephus. These researches were invaluable…