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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v39.i34.records.utf8:15887554:1487
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01487cam a22003258a 4500
001 2011030485
003 DLC
005 20110822121555.0
008 110718s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011030485
020 $a9781107017924
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBM615$b.S395 2012
082 00 $a296.3/36$223
084 $aREL040000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSeeskin, Kenneth,$d1947-
245 10 $aJewish messianic thoughts in an age of despair /$cKenneth Seeskin.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1202
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"This book asks whether hope for a better future is defensible in light of the human propensity for evil"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Messianism and mythology -- 2. Maimonedes and the idea of a deflationary Messiah -- 3. Internalism: the Messiah within -- 4. Infinite deferral -- 5. History and rationality -- 6. History and irrationality -- 7. Redemption.
650 0 $aMessiah$xJudaism.
650 0 $aRedemption$xJudaism.
650 0 $aDespair$xReligious aspects$xJudaism.
650 7 $aRELIGION / Judaism / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011030485-b.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011030485-t.html