MID E 6264 - The Jewish Messiahs

Meets with MID E 4264 & HEBR 4364. The course explores the two dozen or so Jewish messiah events, from the period just preceding that of Jesus of Nazareth to that of the most recent figure, R. Menachen Mendel Schneersohn. The focus is on the accounts of these events (in English translation) as historical documents and as uniquely engaged literature. Two short papers and one longer one (a final, retrospective or comparative essay) are written by each student. No prerequisites other than advanced standing.