Martha Himmelfarb is William H. Danforth Professor of Religion at Princeton University.
In the process of analyzing the most famous and detailed medieval Jewish apocalypse work and unraveling its many puzzles, Himmelfarb develops a striking new account of the history of Jewish messianism from the Bible to the Middle Ages. This book is groundbreaking and innovative, opening the way for a whole new era in the study of post-Christian Judaism.--Annette Yoshiko Reed, University of Pennsylvania