It was not until 1648 that Sevi took himself properly speaking to be the messiah.
Then, in 1666, nearly 15 years after he proclaimed himself messiah, came the ultimate inversion.
He's adopted by the indigenous tribe (the Fremen), which is looking for a messiah.
Folk in Maharashtra are looking for a messiah, and Mr Chavan is the only sensible candidate around.
They say Mr Hazare has been elevated from a campaigner to a messiah, and his campaign now smacks of megalomania.
So numerous and fervent were the false messiah's followers in Hamburg that dissenting rabbis were afraid to preach against him.
In Columbus' day, Jews widely believed that Jerusalem had to be liberated and the Temple rebuilt for the Messiah to come.
In 1741, the German-born English composer George Frederick Handel finished his "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days.
Its rabbis still forbid even walking on the mount and are content to wait for the Messiah without spurring him on.
The life of a first century Judean carpenter, let alone messiah, is hard to compare to that lived by western teenagers today.
He founded the church in 1954, claiming he was the New Messiah.
"Dune Messiah" (1969) and "Children of Dune" (1976) complete the Atreides trilogy.
The nation is cautious after initially greeting Sven-Goran Eriksson as a messiah who was going to re-invent our game with his imported ideas.
Nicknamed the 'Geordie Messiah', fans' favourite Keegan stepped down as manager on 4 September after stating he had no control over transfer dealings.
The Shia believe their messiah vanished from the site of the shrine in Samarra and will one day reemerge to usher in Judgment Day.
It featured some iconic lines, most famously the verdict by Brian's mother on her son: "He's not the messiah - he's a very naughty boy".
The Trinity "Messiah" demonstrated why historically informed performance makes a difference.
Yet in the 17th century the Jewish world from Aleppo to Amsterdam was in thrall to Sabbatai Sevi, a kabbalist who claimed to be the messiah.
The holiday season inevitably brings a cascade of performances of Handel's "Messiah, " and it's rare to come across one that makes you hear this well-worn piece anew.
In Istanbul he placed in a cradle a fish dressed in infant's clothing, dramatising a prophecy that the messiah would be born under the sign of Pisces.
It is worth the detour, for his carvers had caught him at the moment of revelation that a messiah would someday be born, and Isaiah is dancing at the news.
Against a backdrop of spiritual ferment in the 17th century, many followed Sabbatai Zevi, a Jewish scholar, who proclaimed himself Messiah and eventually embraced a form of Islam.
Since Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans waited for hours to say farewell to the man many regarded as a messiah for instituting many subsidies and social programs.
In Christian commentaries on the Hebrew Scriptures, it is stressed that Sukkot was associated with the advent of the Messiah and with the coming of all nations to worship in Jerusalem.
When I expressed doubts earlier about first-person melee combat, several people reminded me of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, a game that actually pulls off pretty engaging combat in first person.
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Handel himself was receptive to singers and instrumentalists adding their own ornamentation and improvisation, and Mozart offered his own updated version of "Messiah, " so this concept didn't seem completely off the wall to me.
Sunday's forum, which will be held at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, will allow each candidate to speak for 40 minutes on various moral issues, including poverty, global AIDS, climate change and human rights.
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For example, Messiah College, outside of Harrisburg, Pa.
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With the rise of the historical-performance movement, performances of "Messiah" with 100-voice choirs and full symphony orchestras are no longer the norm, but a baroque orchestra and a small choir are no guarantee of excellence either.
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