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=== Eschatology === In [[Jewish eschatology]], the term ''{{lang|he-Latn|mashiach}}'', or "[[Messiah in Judaism|Messiah]]", came to refer to a future Jewish [[monarch|king]] from the Davidic line, who is expected to be anointed with [[holy anointing oil]] and rule the Jewish people during the [[Messianic Age]].<ref name="schochet moshiah ben yossef"/><ref name="JVL messiah"/><ref name="JVL The Messiah">{{cite web | url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/messiah.html | title=The Messiah | publisher=William Morrow and Co | date=1991 | access-date=2 December 2012 | last=Telushkin | first=Joseph}}</ref> The Messiah is often referred to as "King Messiah", or, in Hebrew, {{lang|he|ืืื ืืฉืื}} (''{{lang|he-Latn|melekh mashiach}}''), and, in Aramaic, ''malka meshiแธฅa''.<ref name="JVL Flusser">{{cite web|last=Flusser|first=David|title=Second Temple Period|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0014_0_13744.html|work=Messiah|publisher=Encyclopaedia Judaica 2008 The Gale Group|access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref> [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] views have generally held that the Messiah will be a [[Patrilineality|patrilineal]] descendant of [[David|King David]],<ref>See [[Aryeh Kaplan|Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan]]: {{cite web |url=http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/pdf/RealMessiahBookPages_v4ab.pdf |title=The Real Messiah A Jewish Response to Missionaries |access-date=2012-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529164304/http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/web/pdf/RealMessiahBookPages_v4ab.pdf |archive-date=May 29, 2008 }}</ref> and will gather the Jews back into the [[Land of Israel]], usher in an era of peace, build the [[Third Temple]], father a male heir, re-institute the [[Sanhedrin]], and so on. Jewish tradition alludes to two redeemers, both of whom are called ''{{lang|he-Latn|mashiach}}'' and are involved in ushering in the [[Messianic Age#Judaism|Messianic age]]: ''{{lang|he-Latn|Mashiach ben David}}''; and ''[[Mashiach ben Joseph|Mashiach ben Yosef]]''. In general, the term ''Messiah'' unqualified refers to ''Mashiach ben David'' (Messiah, son of David).<ref name="schochet moshiah ben yossef">{{cite web | url=http://www.moshiach.com/discover/tutorials/moshiach_ben_yossef.php | title=Moshiach ben Yossef | publisher=Moshiach.com | work=Tutorial | access-date=2 December 2012 | last=Schochet | first=Jacob Immanuel | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220182918/http://www.moshiach.com/discover/tutorials/moshiach_ben_yossef.php | archive-date=20 December 2002 }}</ref><ref name="JVL messiah">{{cite web|last=Blidstein|first=Prof. Dr. Gerald J.|title=Messiah in Rabbinic Thought|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0014_0_13744.html|work=MESSIAH|publisher=Jewish Virtual Library and Encyclopaedia Judaica 2008 The Gale Group|access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref>
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