Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth Century Caribbean

Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth Century Caribbean
ISBN-10
0814712363
ISBN-13
9780814712368
Category
Social Science
Pages
215
Language
English
Published
1995-03
Publisher
NYU Press

Description

The messianic idea that a redeemer sent by God will come to end the suffering of a persecuted people and inaugurate a new age of justice and peace has been one of the most powerful and influential concepts given by the Jewish people to western civilization. This book represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.

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