Sefer Zerubavel (Hebrew: ספר זְרֻבָּבֶל, romanized: Sēfer Zərubbāḇél), also called the Book of Zerubbabel or the Apocalypse of Zerubbabel, is a medievalHebrew-language[1]apocalypse written at the beginning of the seventh century CE in the style of biblical visions (e.g. Daniel, Ezekiel) placed into the mouth of Zerubbabel,[2][3] the last descendant of the Davidic line to take a prominent part in Israel's history, who laid the foundation of the Second Temple in the sixth century BCE.[1] The enigmatic postexilic biblical leader receives a revelatory vision outlining personalities and events associated with the restoration of Israel, the End of Days,[4] and the establishment of the Third Temple.[1]
^ abcHimmelfarb, Martha (1998). David Stern and Mark Mirsky (ed.). Rabbinic Fantasies: Imaginative Narratives from Classical Hebrew Literature. Yale University Press. p. 67f. ISBN0-300-07402-6.
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