The Messiah and the Jews: Three Thousand Years of Tradition, Belief and Hope

A comprehensive, inspiring and fascinating discovery of what Jews believe about the Messiah―and why you might believe in the Messiah, too.

"The conviction that the Messiah is coming is a promise of meaning. It is a source of consolation. It is a wellspring of creativity. It is a reconciliation between what is and what should be. And it is perhaps our most powerful statement of faith―in God, in humanity and in ourselves."
―from Chapter 1, "The Messiah Is Coming!"

The coming of the Messiah―the promise of redemption―is among Judaism's gifts to the world. But it is a gift about which the world knows so little. It has been overshadowed by Christian belief and teaching, and as a result its Jewish significance has been all but lost. To further complicate matters, Jewish messianic teaching is enthralling, compelling, challenging, exhilarating―yet, up until now, woefully inaccessible. This book will change that.

Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman brings together, and to life, this three-thousand-year-old tradition as never before. Rather than simply reviewing the vast body of Jewish messianic literature, she explores an astonishing range of primary and secondary sources, explaining in an informative yet inspirational way these teachings' significance for Jews of the past―and infuses them with new meaning for the modern reader, both Jewish and non-Jewish.

Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman is a noted teacher, speaker and author whose work includes the National Jewish Book Award finalist Sacred Parenting: Jewish Wisdom for Your Family's Early Years; Living Torah; B'chol L'vavcha and Haman and the Jews. Her essays, sermons and poetry are widely published, and she is a featured guest on the syndicated television talk show Daytime.

Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman is available to speak on the following topics:

• What Does Judaism Teach about the Messiah―and Why Should I Care?
• What Do Jews Believe about the Messiah? A Brief Introduction for Christians
• Why You Should Believe in the Messiah―and Maybe Already Do
• Warriors, Battles and the End of Days: The Apocalypse in Jewish Tradition
• Women in Messianic Literature
• Suffering and Redemption in Jewish Tradition
• A Messianic Map: Sites of Apocalyptic Significance in Modern Israel
• Is the State of Israel a Sign of the Messiah?
• The Resurrection of the Dead in Jewish Tradition
• The Failure of Liberal Jewish Messianism
• Experiencing the Messiah
• How to Bring the Messiah

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Neil Gillman, rabbi and PhD, is professor of Jewish philosophy at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where he has served as chair of the Department of Jewish Philosophy and dean of the Rabbinical School. He is author of Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought; The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a Publishers Weekly "Best Book of the Year"; The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism; The Jewish Approach to God: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Traces of God: Seeing God in Torah, History and Everyday Life (all Jewish Lights) and Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew, winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams, PhD, an award-winning Jewish educator, is widely recognized for making the study of Judaism and its sacred texts accessible and relevant to our everyday lives. She is the founder and director of Maqom: A School for Adult Talmud Study (www.maqom.com) and a recipient of the Covenant Award for outstanding performance in the field of Jewish education. She teaches through the ALEPH rabbinic program and is author of Learn Talmud and Talmud for Beginners, among other books about Talmud and prayer. She is a popular speaker on the topics of Jewish learning and sacred literature.