Messiah (disambiguation)

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Messiah can refer to:

• Messiah, a religious concept
  • Jewish Messiah claimants
  • List of messiah claimants
  • Alternately Christ (Greek translation of the term)
• Messiah College, a Christian liberal arts college in Grantham, PA
• Lionel Messi, Messiah is nickname of famous Argentinian football player

[edit] Music

• Messiah Marcolin, vocalist most widely known for his time in doom metal band Candlemass
• Messiah (Handel), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel
• Messiah XXI - The Young Messiah - a modern adaptation of Handel's Messiah
• Messiah (band), a London techno band
• Messiah (Swiss band), a death/thrash metal band from Switzerland.
• Messiah (album), an album by industrial metal band Fear Factory.
• Messiah (EP), an album by industrial metal band Godflesh.
• Leper Messiah, a song by thrash metal band Metallica
• "Machine Messiah", a song by progressive rock band Yes on their album Drama.

[edit] Literature and entertainment

• The Messiah (Iranian film) is a 2008 Iranian film from the Islamic Republic of Iran, directed by Nader Talebzadeh on the life of Jesus from an Islamic perspective.
• Messiah (novel), a 1999 novel by Boris Starling
• Messiah (television), a BBC television drama series based upon the above novel.
• Dune Messiah, a 1969 novel by Frank Herbert, sometimes casually referred to as Messiah.
• Messiah, a Channel 4 television show starring Derren Brown
• Messiah (video game), a third person shooter by Interplay in which the player controls a cherub
• Dark Messiah (video game), a first-person shooter, action RPG and fantasy game developed by Arkane Studios, Floodgate Entertainment and Kuju Entertainment

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Kevin Keegan, the Geordie Messiah
• Messiah Stradivarius, a Stradivari violin
• Messiah, a well-known professional wrestler
• Albert Messiah, a physicist and author of a classic graduate text on quantum mechanics
• Mixtape Messiah aka Houston rapper, Chamillionaire