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die konzeption des messias bei maimonides und die fr hmittelalterliche islamische philosophie
moses maimonides 1138 1204 supported a concept of the messiah which was radically new within the jewish tradition . the author of the present volume examines whether and to what extent this concept can be traced back to early medieval islamic philosophy . she devotes particular attention to the religio philosophical philological historical and political aspects of such an encounter . starting from islamic receptions of plato s and aristotle s thinking and from karaitic theology she undertakes a detailed analysis of the figure of the messiah king of the notion of the world to come and of national and supra national eschatology regarding the days of the messiah .