Fred the Red and Hanukka

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: December 11, 1998| Author: Moshe Kohn | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

12-11-1998

Judaism has the concept of Mashiah/Messiah/The Anointed One who will one day redeem the Jewish people from Exile and turn the world into a Divine place to be in.

Christianity has Christ, from the Greek Christos/The Anointed One, who came once to atone for the sins of humanity and is to come again to redeem the world.

Somewhat similarly, Islamic Shi'ism has the Mahdi, "The [Divinely] Guided One"; Mahayana Buddhism...