Armilus (In Jewish legends

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• Armilus — ▪ Jewish legend       in Jewish legends, an enemy who will conquer Jerusalem and persecute Jews until his final defeat at the hands of God or the true Messiah. His inevitable destruction symbolizes the ultimate victory of good over evil in the… …   Universalium

• ARMILUS — ARMILUS, legendary name of the Messiah s antagonist or anti Messiah. Armilus appears frequently in the later Apocalyptic Midrashim, such as Midrash Va Yosha, Sefer Zerubbavel, and Nistarot shel R. Shimon b. Yoḥai. He is also mentioned in the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• FICTION, HEBREW — The Story in Talmudic Midrashic Literature Narrative creative writing has been a constant in Hebrew literature and can be found in every period of Jewish culture. The earliest biblical texts include stories, and the telling and retelling of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• MESSIAH — MESSIAH, an anglicization of the Latin Messias, which is borrowed from the Greek Μεσσιας, an adaptation of the Aramaic meshiḥa (Aram. מְשִׁיחָא), a translation of the Hebrew (ha melekh) ha mashi aḥ (Heb. הַמָּשִׁיח (ְהַמֶּלֶך), the Anointed… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ESCHATOLOGY — In general, the term eschatology designates the doctrine concerning the last things. The word last can be understood either absolutely as referring to the ultimate destiny of mankind in general or of each individual man, or relatively as… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Messiah ben Joseph — (Hebrew: משיח בן יוסף), also alternatively known as Messiah ben Ephraim (Hebrew: משיח בן אפרים), is a Messianic figure peculiar to the rabbinical apocalyptic literature. One of the earliest known mentions of him is in (Sukkah52a, b), where three… …   Wikipedia

• MIDRASHIM, SMALLER — This entry covers those aggadic and midrashic works which are not treated in separate articles. (1) MIDRASH AGUR, also known as Mishnat R. Eliezer, or Midrash Sheloshim u Shetayim Middot. Belonging to some extent to the category of aggadic works …   Encyclopedia of Judaism