Introduction

Preliminary Bibliography 

Jewish Texts

Aggadat ha-Mašiah
Aggadat R. Ishmael
Eldad ha-Dani beney Mosheh texts
Midrash Wa-yosha` (end)
Nistarot (Secrets of) R. Shimon b. Yohai
’Otot ha-Mašiah
’Otot of R. Shimon b. Yohai
Pirqe de-R. Eliezer §30 (end)
Pirqe Mašiah
Responsum of Hai Gaon on redemption
Saadia, Kitab al-Amanat wal-I'tiqadat 8.5-6
Sefer Elijah
Sefer Zerubbabel
Tefillat (Prayer of) R. Shimon b. Yohai
Ten Signs
Ten Further Things About the Messianic Days
Vision of Daniel

Christian Texts (Syriac and Arabic)

Alexander Legend
Apocalypse of Daniel
Bahira Legend
Edessene Apocalypse
Gospel of the Twelve Apostles
John of Fenek, Rīš Mellē book XV
Pseudo-Ephrem (Syriac)
Pseudo-Methodius
Questions of Ezra the Scribe
Testament of Adam

Muslim Texts

Some early traditions about Jūj wa-Mājūj
Some early traditions about the Dajjāl
Apocalypse of Jabir from Umm al-Kitab
Kitab al-haft wa-l-'azilla (selections)

‘Gnostic’ Texts

Mandaean Right Ginza Book 18
Prophecy of Zardusht
Mani's Shabuhragan