Prophetic text
Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin
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The Talmud’s Sanhedrin tractate discusses a seven-year sequence of signs before the Messiah. Rav Yosef objects to the sequence and Abaye responds, preserving a debate about the expected signs.
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Sanhedrin 97a–b: six thousand years and dated ends →
The seven years before the Messiah →
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97a:2–3
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Sanhedrin 97a:2–3; excerpt end of 97a:2