2.2. A Pre-Christian Concept

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3 Geoffrey Wigoder, ed., Encyclopedia Judaica CDROM Edition Version 1.0 (Keter Publishing House, Ltd., 1997), s.v. “Armilus.”

4 Raphael Patai, The Messiah Texts (Detroit, MI: Wayne Statue University Press, 1979), 156.

5 “Remarkable in the statement of one version of the Midrash that he is called ‘Antichrist.’ ”—Ibid., 157.

6 Ibid., 158-159.

7 Ibid., 163.

8 Price, “Jewish Views of the Antichrist,” 49.

9 “That man will be of the Children of Ephraim. . . . who says, ‘I am the Messiah your king and your prince. . . . (Ma’ase Daniel, pp. 222-25)’.”—Patai, The Messiah Texts, 163.