An exploration of the formation of the conception of "catastrophic messianism" in the Gabriel Revelation.

It features the first discussion of the recently discovered text 'The Gabriel Revelation' - an apocalyptic text written on stone at the turn of the Common Era.

Publisher Fact Sheet Argues that there was a "messianic forerunner" to Jesus named Menachem who lived a generation earlier & served as a sort of role model for

Essays include the papers of a conference hosted by the Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University, Houston, Tex., in Feb. 2009.

It features the first discussion of the recently discovered text 'The Gabriel Revelation' - an apocalyptic text written on stone at the turn of the Common Era.