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| A '''false messiah''' is anyone who has falsely claimed to be the ]. The Greek term ''pseudochristos'' was first used in the ].<ref>The Jewish Messiahs: From the Galilee to Crown Heights - Page 31 Harris Lenowitz - 2001 "During the Galilean rebellions, the term "false" was first applied to a prophet in a messianic context, paving the way for ... Matthew 24:4, 6, 24; Mark 13:5, 21-22; and Luke 21:3 all use the term pseudochristos to refer to messianic pretenders." ...the Greek term is borrowed and translated in the much later Hebrew term mashiah sheker, which reshapes and alters the previous Hebrew usage ...</ref> The later Hebrew term, possibly borrowed from the Greek, is ''mashiyah sheker'' (משיח שקר). The term ''pseudoprofetes'', ] is much older, and found many times in the New Testament and in Josephus. The New Testament treats false messiahs, and ]s as the synonyms. ]s are a separate category. | |||
| ==Judaism== | |||
| {{See also|Jewish messianism|Jewish Messiah claimants}} | |||
| The Hebrew Bible does not contain any reference to a false messiah. ] discusses many false messiahs, without using the term, in his ]. | |||
| The concept of an individual "false messiah" developed in medieval Christianity is absent from rabbinic literature. Only in the mid-seventh century does the ] use the very rare term, ''mashiah sheker'', false messiah.<ref>Redemption and resistance: the messianic hopes of Jews and ... - Page 294 William Horbury, Markus Bockmuehl, James Carleton Paget - 2007 "Indeed, the concept of a false prophet seems to be absent from rabbinic literature. And in the mid-seventh century, the Sefer Zerubbabel uses a very rare term, mashiah sheker, false Messiah"</ref> The Sefer Zerubbabel's ] is an anti-messiah figure in late-period ], comparable to, and probably influenced by, the medieval Christian conception of a latter-day ] and the Muslim ], who will conquer Jerusalem and persecute the Jews until his final defeat at the hands of God or the true Messiah. His inevitable destruction symbolizes the ultimate victory of good over evil in the ] or ]. | |||
| In the 7th century CE Sefer Zerubbabel, and 11th century ], this Armilus is "a king who will arise at the end of time against the Messiah, and will be conquered by him after having brought much distress upon Israel." The ] (1911, 1964) entry continues "The origin of this Jewish Antichrist (as he can well be styled in view of his relation to the Messiah) is as much involved in doubt as the different phases of his development, and his relation to the Christian legend and doctrine."<ref>The Jewish encyclopedia 1964 Page 118 Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler "ARMILUS: In later Jewish eschatology and legend, a king who will arise at the end of time against the Messiah, and will be conquered by him after having brought much distress upon Israel. The origin of this Jewish Antichrist (as he can well be styled in view of his relation to the Messiah) is as much involved in doubt as the different phases of his development, and his relation to the Christian legend and doctrine."</ref> | |||
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| {{See also|Messianic Judaism|List of people who have claimed to be Jesus}} | |||
| Most ] believe ] to be the Messiah, and regard ] as false. However Jesus himself warns of various "false messiahs". Matthew 24:4,6,24 and Mark 13:5,21-22 use the term "pseudochristos" to refer to messianic pretenders. | |||
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| {{Main|Masih ad-Dajjal}}{{Seealso|Masih|List of Mahdi claimants}} | |||
| ''al-Masih ad-Dajjal'', Arabic for "the false messiah", is an evil figure in ], directly comparable to the figures of the Antichrist in some forms of ] and ] in ], respectively.<ref>Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, ''Al-Dajjāl'', p. 43.</ref> He is to appear, pretending to be '']'' (i.e. the Messiah), at a time in the future before ''Yawm al-Qiyamah'' (Judgment Day). | |||
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