TY - BOOK AU - Morgenstern,Arie AU - Linsider,Joel A. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Hastening redemption: Messianism and the resettlement of the land of Israel AV - BM615 .M6713 2006eb U1 - 296.3/36 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Jewish messianic movements KW - Judaism KW - Palestine KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Jews KW - 1799-1917 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Translated from the Hebrew; Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-278) and index; chap. 1. Background of the early-nineteenth-century messianic awakening -- chap. 2. Belief in 5600 (1840) as the year of redemption -- chap. 3. Immigration to the land of Israel, 1808-1840 -- chap. 4. Process of redemption envisioned by the Vilna Ga'on's disciples -- chap. 5. Attempt to renew rabbinic ordination in Safed -- chap. 6. "Raising the shekhinah from the dust" by rebuilding Jerusalem -- chap. 7. Expanding and solidifying Jewish settlement in the land of Israel -- chap. 8. Crisis of faith in the wake of unfulfilled expectations -- chap. 9. Retreat from the idea of "redemption through return to Zion" -- Epilogue. Emergence of a Jewish majority in Jerusalem; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10283317 ER -