Judaisms and Their Messiahs at the Turn of the Christian Era

While Jews in the land of Israel in ancient times shared much in common - scripture, reverence for the Temple and its cult, some traits as one 'Orthodox' Judaism. Diverse 'Judaisms' flourished, each with its particular way of life, world view, and definition of the social entity, or 'Israel'. Because there was no single, unitary Judaism, there also was no one 'Messiah-idea' or 'Messianic doctrine'.Neusner, Jacob is the author of 'Judaisms and Their Messiahs at the Turn of the Christian Era' with ISBN 9780521349406 and ISBN 0521349400.