The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies publishes new research which provides innovative directions for modern Jewish thought and life, and serves to enhance the quality of dialogue between classical sources and the modern world.
This book series reflects the mission of the Shalom Hartman Institute, a pluralistic research and leadership institute at the forefront of Jewish thought and education. It empowers scholars, rabbis, educators and layleaders to develop new and diverse voices within the tradition, laying foundations for the future of Jewish life in Israel and around the world.
This book offers the first discussion of the recently discovered text 'The Gabriel Revelation' - an apocalyptic text written on stone at the turn of the Common Era - providing revolutionary paths to the understanding of the historical Jesus and the birth of Christianity. The book explores the formation of the conception of "catastrophic messianism" in the Gabriel Revelation. According to this conception, the death of a messianic leader and his resurrection by the angel Gabriel after three days is an essential part of the redemptive process. This conception is a new key which enables us for the first time to understand the messianic vision of the historical Jesus.
This important and fascinating book will thus shed new and revolutionary light on our basic view of Christianity.
