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The Messiah Son of Joseph is a personage mentioned in the Talmud and other Jewish sources. It is said that:

• He will be a forerunner of the Messiah Son of David.
• He will gather the Jews to the Land of Israel.
• He will restore the rituals of Temple worship.
• He will be slain in battle by Armilus, a Son of Satan.
• Messiah Son of David will raise him back to life.
• Will be from the Tribe of Ephraim.

Sources in the Talmud:

• Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli), Tractate Sukot 52a.
• Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi), Tractate Sukot 55b.
• Tractate Sanhedrin 98b.

Famous men who have been proposed as candidates to be identified as the Messiah Son of Joseph:

• Jesus
• Joseph Caro
• Haim Vital
• Joseph Smith Jr.
• Theodor Herzel
• All of the above, and many others. There is a school of thought in Judaism that the prophecies are to be fulfilled not by just one man, but by many - one or two in every generation.

Rwf5 20:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)