Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End of the Second Millennium
by David S. Katz
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The idea for writing this book took shape on April 19, 1993, when at least seventy-four people lost their lives in the conflagration near Waco, Texas, & it became clear that the followers of David Koresh & the federal agents outside his compound inhabited two different conceptual worlds. Indeed, neither journalists nor law-enforcement experts nor the public seemed aware that there is a rich tradition of messianic, revolutionary politics behind groups like Koresh's, a history that stretches show more back unbroken to the Middle Ages. In this fascinating study, two historians explore & explain that tradition, showing how the beliefs of many fringe, distressed, disenfranchised, or purely mystical Christians have been transmitted across a millennium. Messianic Revolution offers a strong & lucid explanation of why & how this apocalyptic strain found especially fertile ground in the New World, & it throws new light on the many strands of biblical interpretation, both Jewish & Christian, that are woven into this complex, fascinating history. show lessTags
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An examination of political messianism (religious) from the Middle Ages to the late 20th century.
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David S. Katz holds the Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books at Tel Aviv University.
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