Judaisms And Their Messiahs At The Turn Of The Christian Era
by Jacob Neusner /
2013 / English / PDF
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While Jews in ancient Israel had much in common, in fact there existed no such thing as an orthodox Judaism. Diverse Judaisms, each with its own way of life, world view, and definition of the social entity (or Israel) to whom it spoke, flourished. Since there was no single Judaism, there was no single Messiah-idea or Messianic doctrine.
