Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End of the Second Millennium - David S. Katz - Paperback

On April 19, 1993, at least seventy-four people lost their lives near Waco, Texas; it has been clear to most Americans that the followers of David Koresh & the federal agents outside his compound inhabited two different conceptual worlds. Neither journalists nor law-enforcement experts nor the public seemed aware of the rich tradition of messianic, revolutionary politics behind groups like Koresh's: this is the history, stretching back to the Middle Ages, that is the subject of Messianic Revolution. David S. Katz & Richard H. Popkin show how the beliefs of many fringe, distressed, & disenfranchised Christians have been transmitted across a millennium. They offer lucid explanations of why & how this apocalyptic strain found especially fertile ground in the New World, & throw new light on the many strands of Jewish & Christian biblical interpretation woven into this complex, fascinating history.Katz, David S. is the author of 'Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End of the Second Millennium - David S. Katz - Paperback' with ISBN 9780809068869 and ISBN 0809068869.