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Pangs of the Messiah the troubled birth of the Jewish state / by Sicker, Martin

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Bandits, prophets & messiahs : popular movements in the time of Jesus / by Horsley, Richard A.

“…Bandits, prophets, and messiahs…”

Mandela a critical life / by Lodge, Tom, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Childhood and upbringing -- Becoming a notable -- Volunteer-in-chief -- Making a messiah -- Trials -- Prisoner 466/64 -- Leading from prison -- Messianic politics and the transition to democracy -- Embodying the nation.…”
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The 900 days : the siege of Leningrad. by Salisbury, Harrison E.

History for ready reference : Vol. 1 / by Larned, J.N

History for ready reference : Vol. 5 from the best historians, biographers, and specialists / by Larned, J.N

A history of East European Jews by Haumann, Heiko, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…EAST EUROPEAN JEWRY AS A 'CULTURAL PATTERN OF LIFE' IN EASTERN EUROPE -- The Catastrophe of 1648 -- The Consequences of the Catastrophe -- The Kabbala -- The Messiah in Poland: Shabtai Tsevi and Jacob Frank -- The Popular Piety of Hasidism -- The Origins of the Ostjuden -- The 'Shtetl' -- Contacts between Jews and Non-Jews: Jewish Peddlers and -- Innkeepers -- The Symbiosis Diminishes -- Jews in the Partitions of Poland -- The Reaction of the Jews to the New Political, Intellectual, -- and Religious Conditions -- The Tsarist Empire and the Jews -- East European Jews outside Tsarist Rule -- PART III. …”
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