In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “y judaic based field of philosophy which concerns itself with the interpretations of messianic fulfilment”. Today it says “belief in the advent of a messiah who acts as the savior of a group of people”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “y judaic based field of philosophy which concerns itself with the interpretations of messianic fulfilment”. Today it says “belief in the advent of a messiah who acts as the savior of a group of people”.
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Messianism is any Judaic based field of philosophy which concerns itself with the interpretations of messianic fulfilment. The five most common forms of messianism are found in Christianity, Judaism, Zionism, Islam, and Adventism, though many other forms also exist.1
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Messianism is the belief in a messiah , a savior or redeemer.Many religions have a messiah concept, including the Jewish Messiah , the Christian Christ , the Muslim Mahdi , the Buddhist Maitreya , the Hindu Kalki and the Zoroastrian Saoshyant .The state of the world is seen as hopelessly flawed beyond normal human powers of correction, and divine intervention through a specially selected and supported human is seen as necessary.
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Messianism is the belief in a messiah , a savior or redeemer. Many religions have a messiah concept, including the Jewish Messiah (from which the term and meaning originates), the Christian Christ (the Greek translation of the Hebrew root word), the Muslim Mahdi and Isa (one of the Arabic names for Jesus ), the Buddhist Maitreya , the Hindu Kalki , the Zoroastrian Saoshyant and He whom God shall make manifest in Babism (believed to be Bahá'u'lláh by Bahais ). The state of the world is seen as hopelessly flawed beyond normal human powers of correction, and divine intervention through a specially selected and supported human is seen as necessary.
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Jesus Christ , the Messiah of the Jewish people in Christianity , Islam , the Bahá'í Faith , and other Abrahamic religions .Messianism is the belief in the advent of a messiah who acts as the savior or liberator of a group of people.Messianism originated as an Abrahamic religious belief, but other religions have messianism-related concepts.Religions with a messiah concept include Zoroastrianism ( Saoshyant ), Judaism (the Mashiach ), Buddhism ( Maitreya ), Hinduism ( Kalki ), Taoism ( Li Hong ), and Bábism ( He whom God shall make manifest ).In Judaism , the messiah will be a future Jewish king from the line of David and redeemer of the Jewish people and humanity.In Christianity , Jesus is the messiah, the savior and redeemer .In Islam , Jesus was a prophet and the messiah of the Jewish people.There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Belief in the advent of a messiah Messianism is the belief in the advent of a messiah who acts as the savior of a group of people.Messianism originated as a Zoroastrianism religious belief and followed to Abrahamic religions , but other religions have messianism-related concepts.Religions with a messiah concept include Judaism ( Mashiach ), Christianity ( Christ ), Islam ( Isa Masih ), Druze faith ( Jesus and Hamza ibn Ali ), Zoroastrianism ( Saoshyant ), Buddhism ( Maitreya ), Wotanism ( David Eden Lane ), Taoism ( Li Hong ), and Bábism ( He whom God shall make manifest ). In Judaism , the messiah will be a future Jewish king from the line of David and redeemer of the Jewish people and humanity. In Christianity , Jesus is the messiah, the savior , the redeemer , and God .In Islam , Jesus was a prophet and the messiah of the Jewish people who will return in the end times.Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online .The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions .Jesus of history, Christ of faith . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Belief in the advent of a messiah Messianism is the belief in the advent of a messiah who acts as the savior of a group of people. Religions with a messiah concept include Hinduism ( Kalki ), Judaism ( Mashiach ), Christianity ( Jesus ), Islam ( Mahdi and Jesus ), Druze faith ( Hamza ibn Ali ), Zoroastrianism ( Saoshyant ), Buddhism ( Maitreya ), Taoism ( Li Hong ), and Bábism ( He whom God shall make manifest ). In Judaism , the messiah will be a future Jewish king from the line of David and redeemer of the Jewish people and humanity. In Christianity , Jesus is the messiah, the savior , the redeemer , and God . In Islam , Jesus was a prophet and the messiah of the Jewish people who will return in the end times. Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online . Jesus of history, Christ of faith . The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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y judaic based field of philosophy which concerns itself with the interpretations of messianic fulfilment
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belief in the advent of a messiah who acts as the savior of a group of people
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