Messiah

Summary

Messiah is a biblical concept^[1]. Messiah draws 3,747 Wikipedia views per month (biblical_concept category, ranking #6 of 41).^[2]

Key Facts

• Messiah's instance of is recorded as biblical concept^[3].
• Messiah's instance of is recorded as religious belief^[4].
• Messiah is a type of believer^[5].
• Messiah is a type of religious character^[6].
• Messiah is a type of fictional religious occupation^[7].
• Messiah is a type of eschatological figure^[8].
• Messiah's said to be the same as is recorded as Masih^[9].
• Messiah's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Messiah^[10].
• Messiah's facet of is recorded as messianism^[11].
• Messiah's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[12].
• Messiah's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• Messiah's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Messiah's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Messiah's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan^[16].
• Messiah's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• Messiah's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[18].
• Messiah's topic has template is recorded as Q14403065^[19].
• Messiah's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/messiah^[20].
• Messiah's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/messiah^[21].
• Messiah's has list is recorded as list of messiah claimants^[22].
• Messiah's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include biblical concept^[3] and religious belief^[4]. Recorded subclass of include believer^[5], religious character^[6], fictional religious occupation^[7], and eschatological figure^[8].

Influence

Things named for Messiah include messiah complex^[24]; Messiah of Evil^[25], a film^[26], directed by Willard Huyck^[27]; and Messiah^[28], a video game^[29].

Why It Matters

Messiah draws 3,747 Wikipedia views per month (biblical_concept category, ranking #6 of 41).^[2] Messiah has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Messiah is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Messiah include messiah complex^[24]; Messiah of Evil^[25], a film^[26], directed by Willard Huyck^[27]; and Messiah^[28], a video game^[29].