In his book A History of Messianic Speculation in Israel, Jewish scholar Abba Hillel Silver writes that the period before the destruction of Jerusalem “witnessed a remarkable outburst of Messianic emotionalism. ”
وأضاف :‏ « كان المسيَّا مُنتظَرا في حوالي الربع الثاني من القرن الاول للميلاد » .‏