Framework 44 · Theology & Israel

A proposed model — published to be tested, not believed

Moshiakh

The world's messianic prophecies — Moshiakh, Mahdi, Maitreya, Saoshyant, Kalki — compared as names of one awaited figure.

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The proposed model

Moshiakh

Proposed Model: this platform compares the prophecies about the messianic times and the concept of the one person whom the traditions each name — Moshiakh/Messiah, Mahdi (aka Emam Zāman), Maitreya, Saoshyant, Ram/Rama, Kalki, Babiyye, Li Hong, and so on

The proposed modelSpeculative

The mystical reading

The reading beneath the claim.

The awaited person's names, with scripts exactly per source: Moshiakh/Mashiakh (Hebrew: משיח), Messiah (Greek: μεσσίας), Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْـمَـهْـدِي) aka Emam Zāman (Farsi: امام زمان), Maitreya (Sanskrit: मैत्रेय), Saoshyant (Avestan: 𐬯𐬀𐬊𐬳𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬧𐬝), Ram or Rama (Sanskrit: राम), Kalki (Sanskrit: कल्कि), Babiyye (Farsi: بابیه; English: Bábism), Li Hong (Chinese: 李洪) — "and so on": the list is open, not exhaustive

Where this sits

One piece of a larger instrument.

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Informs feeds into

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Shares a concept with overlapping ideas

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