THE
685
JEAVISH E>X'YCLOP£DIA
will come to tlie Messiah from all (luarters of the world on the wings of Siiniiri,'. The Messianic kingdom will endure for 1.800 years. The descripliou of it and of the last judgment, which succeeds it, does not differ materially from that in the preceding
Certain details in the description of apocalyi>ses. the last judgment occur also in the alphabets of H. Akiba. Thea|)ocalypse has, besides, a brief accoimt On the basis of of the ditTerent divisions of hell. the historical setting of this apocalypse, it is safe to conclude, with Bousset, that it was written in the tirst hair of the ninth ei-ntury.
14. Eschatological Descriptions
In conclu-
sion the foUiiwing ischalnlogical descriptions may he nientionid: The one in Pesikta Zuttarta, section Balak (ed. liuher, iv. 2.W ft .w/.), inchuled by Jellinekin-n. II."iii. 141-143, underthe title n"L"0 (Haggadah of the Messiah): the conclusidii of " .Midrash V'ayosha'," in the reccnsicm edited by Jellinck
mJX
C'B. II."
ii.
5.5-57); n't73 'pi3 (Chaplers on Mes"B. 11." iii. tJH, TS; contained also
siah), in Jellinck,
with many better readings in the Munich Codex. No. 222 (see in regard to the beginning of this piece as given here, Butlenwieser, "Elias Apocalypse," p. 10);
pVJJ miVD (Repast
in Paradise). ]n"l^
miVD
in.lellinek. "1!.
H."v.
(The Feast on the Leviathan),
n^nV^ DITDX (Prophecies of only in manuscript form in Codex de Rossi, Nos. 1246 and 541 (compare Zunz, "L. G." p. 604 and Steinschneider, " Aijoealypsen,"
45etse(/., vi. 150<7«-7. the Futire), existing
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Apocaljrptic Literature
p. 635, note 18); the description of Saadia " EmunotVedeOt," viii. ; that of Hai Gaon
in
his
iu"Taam
Zekenim,"pp. o9et serj.. Frank fort on he-Main, 18.54; and that of Meir Aldabi in "Shebile Emmiah." Of the above-mentioned, the "Haggadah of the Messiah" is the only one which contains a description difl'ering somewhat from all the other presentations t
witii in the course of tliis article: From the wilderness, whither the Israelites will Hee after the fall of the Messiah, they will march to Rome at the command of a voice from heaven, and seize the city, whereupon Messiah b. David will reveal himself to
met
them. It isalso worthy of note that the burning of Death and Satan in the lake of tire at the last judgment forms part of the descriiition in "The Feast of All the Leviathan" as in the Revelation of John. "Chapters on Mesthe others offer nothing new. " is a very late compilation (compare Jellinck, siah "B. H."iii. 19), as isalso "Prophecicsof the Future."
Kiseomenger. E>itilcckti» Jutlnithum. II. .W, 4S-49: Griltz, Gench. iterjudcn, HI. S5f( w<;.; Jellliink, .T.V57. lit. 08 et wi/.. U-lpslc-Vlenna, lK3:i-77: Slerx, B. H. II. Arvhip fllr n'itmin.vhat'lliche hrf(ir>tclniii{i ilix Alt. 7V,i(. 4(>K i( w</.. III. Isi ct I. 3>i« .( set/. : .Schiirtr, Gfxrli. :M ed., II. aeq.: Stelnsthnelder. .lf«)('<j(v|wi n mil PiikmischrrTnulrin, M. CI. xxHi.<a7 I sn/.. xx.li)ictficq.: Welllmii'M-n, in Z. D. .«. •;., 2,53 ft acq.. BtTllii. l-'.'4 ( I. J. O. pp. 12J et »(•</., liH Idem, iikizzco nnd ViirarlKUcn. vl. i»t it «f;.; saieiul. Uclnr Jiiilixche Aii'ihaliiptih In Z. A. T. II'. v. Si.' .( xiq.; H. J. Hdltziimn, .Vcii TrMam. Tliniliiuif. I. IW: Boussft, Dcr Anticlirusl in dcr L'eljerlicfcrunu (its Judentliunm.
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