There Is No
Messiah―and You're It: The Stunning Transformation of Judaism's Most
Provocative Idea, by Rabbi Robert Levine, is very much a Jewish Lights
production. It is liberal and open in
its outlook, and unapologetic in transforming one of Judaism’s long standing
concepts into a form amenable for modern, mostly secular readers.
As the title strongly suggests, Rabbi Levine is not in favor of the messiah as a single person. Rather, he is enamored of certain ideas of
the messianic age, when people will reach greater moral heights, and overcome
their evil or bad inclinations.
Who can
argue with such a supposition? For those
not familiar with messianic concepts in Judaism, this is also a good
primer. Levine walks us through the
evolving ideas of the messiah throughout Jewish history.
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