TY - BOOK AU - Myers,Jody Elizabeth TI - Seeking Zion: modernity and messianic activism in the writings of Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer T2 - The Littman library of Jewish civilization SN - 9781909821460 AV - BM755.K2813 M94 2012eb U1 - 296.3/092 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford PB - Littman Library of Jewish Civilization KW - Kalischer, Ẓevi Hirsch, KW - Redemption KW - Judaism KW - Messiah KW - Messianic era (Judaism) KW - Rédemption KW - Judaïsme KW - Messie KW - Ère messianique (Judaïsme) KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - "First published in hardback 2003"--Sticker on t.p.verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and indexes; The Messianic idea in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe, 1782-1819 -- Raising a rabbi in the Posen district, 1795-1823 -- The letter to Rothschild, 1836 -- Sacrifice and redemption, 1836-1837 -- Finkion proper faith, 1837-1855 -- The return to activism, 1855-1861 -- Seeking Zion, 1862-1874 N2 - Focusing on the teachings of Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer, this study examines the modern revival of the belief among religious Jews that they are duty-bound to hasten messianic redemption UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1863692 ER -