Every Messianic movement known to history has arisen in a society that has been subjected to severe stress of contact with an alien culture-involving military defeat, epidemic, and acculturation. (Peter Farb)

Every Messianic movement known to history has arisen in a society that has been subjected to severe stress of contact with an alien culture-involving military defeat, epidemic, and acculturation.

Peter Farb

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