Statement

As at the end of the 2nd Temple period, many medieval Jews kept messianic expectations, often heightened by turbulent events such as the Crusades, the Mongol invasion or the expulsion from Iberia. Jewish culture never developed a single picture of the messianic age: Maimonides counted messianism among Judaism's essential doctrines, but others, like Joseph Albo (c. 1380 to 1445), left it out as a central tenet. Even so, belief in a messiah in the broad sense seems to have been widely shared.

References

1. p. 169

   supports · boxed feature · ch. 6

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Medieval Messiahs

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2. p. 169

   supports · boxed feature · ch. 6

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Medieval Messiahs

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