In the Hebrew Bible, the term Messiah, the Graecisized form of the Hebrew word mashiach (“anointed one”), denotes an individual who has be called to a leadership office (priest, king, prophet) by an act of anointing. In the course of the Exile, the notion arose of a politically, socially, and religiously ideal ruler of Davidic descent [5]. After the destruction of the First Temple (587/586 BCE), politically restorative and utopian hopes were ass…