Messiah ben Joseph

In Jewish eschatology Mashiach ben Yoseph or Messiah ben Joseph (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן־יוֹסֵף Māšīaḥ ben Yōsēf), also known as Mashiach bar/ben Ephraim (Aram./Heb.: מָשִׁיחַ בַּר/בֶּן אֶפְרַיִם‎ Māšīaḥ bar/ben Efrayīm), is a Jewish messiah from the tribe of Ephraim and a descendant of Joseph.[1] The figure's origins are much debated. Some regard it as a rabbinic invention, but others defend the view that its origins are in the Torah.[2]

  1. ^ Schochet, Rabbi Prof. Dr. Jacob Immanuel. "Moshiach ben Yossef". Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ^ D.C. Mitchell, Messiah ben Joseph (Newton Mearns: Campbell, 2016); 'Firstborn shor and rem: A Sacrificial Josephite Messiah in 1 Enoch 90.37-38 & Deuteronomy 33.17', Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 15.3 (2006) pp. 211-28.