part for them as they did in the days of the first redeemer, Moses. It is said that many perished.”16 And in 1087 there appeared a man in France who announced that he was the Messiah, and is said to have performed signs. The French killed him and a great number of Jews with him.17 Nevertheless it is generally agreed that the first century A.D. marked a peak in Messianic expectation. It was indeed the “fulness of the time” when God sent forth His Son. Before embarking upon the main subject-matter