Translated from the Hebrew.
chap. 1. Background of the early-nineteenth-century messianic awakening
chap. 2. Belief in 5600 (1840) as the year of redemption
chap. 3. Immigration to the land of Israel, 1808-1840
chap. 4. Process of redemption envisioned by the Vilna Ga'on's disciples
chap. 5. Attempt to renew rabbinic ordination in Safed
chap. 6. "Raising the shekhinah from the dust" by rebuilding Jerusalem
chap. 7. Expanding and solidifying Jewish settlement in the land of Israel
chap. 8. Crisis of faith in the wake of unfulfilled expectations
chap. 9. Retreat from the idea of "redemption through return to Zion"
Epilogue. Emergence of a Jewish majority in Jerusalem.
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Hastening redemption : Messianism and the resettlement of the land of Israel by Arie Morgenstern. ISBN 9780195305784. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
