A playlist from The Jewish Story
Redemption and the Messiah
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Hope Eternal
August 25, 2018 · 41 min · Episode page →
One of the hallmarks of the early modern era is mobility, which means we will be jumping around a bit. This episode follows the story of the exiles...
About this playlist
Redemption and messianism, from the exiles of Spain and Shabbetai Tzvi to the secular redemption of the pioneers, 1948, and Gush Emunim.
Where this sits in the story
5 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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