Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age: Jews, Noahides, and the Third Temple Imaginary (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781978828186)

Winner of the 2025 American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies

Winner of the 2023 Association for Jewish Studies Jordan Schnitzer First Book Prize

Judaism in the twenty-first century has seen the rise of the messianic Third Temple movement, as religious activists based in Israel have worked to realize biblical prophecies, including the restoration of a Jewish theocracy and the construction of the third and final Temple on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Through groundbreaking ethnographic research, Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age details how Third Temple visions have gained considerable momentum and political support in Israel and abroad .

The role of technology in this movement's globalization has been critical. Feldman skillfully highlights the ways in which the internet and social media have contributed to the movement's growth beyond the streets of Jerusalem into communities of former Christians around the world who now identify as the Children of Noah (Bnei Noah). She charts a path for future research while documenting the intimate effects of political theologies in motion and the birth of a new transnational Judaic faith.


Author: Rachel Z. Feldman
ISBN-10: 1978828187
ISBN-13: 9781978828186
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2024
Pages: 214
Format: Hardcover