began to openly proclaim him the messiah. In 1993 he openly acknowledged this, including on live television. The number of believers grew in size after his death. Some of his followers believe Schneerson never died. While Schneerson remained cryptic about such assertions, many of his followers do believe he was the messiah. See also Chabad messianism Judaism's view of Jesus List of messiah claimants List of people claimed to be Jesus References Bibliography Note: For individual figures, please check the relevant entries where specified. This bibliography deals with the general concept and historical research related to Jewish messianism. Julius Greenstone: The Messianic Idea in Jewish History: Westport: Greenwood: 1972: Harris Lenowitz: Jewish Messiahs: From the Galilee to Crown Heights: New York: Oxford University Press: 1998: Yehuda Liebes: Studies in Jewish Myth and Messianism: Albany: State University of New York Press: 1993: Jacob Neusner, William Scott Green and Ernest Francks (eds.) Judaisms and Their Messiahs at the Turn of the Christian Era: New York: Cambridge University Press: 1987: Raphael Patai: Messiah Texts: Detroit: Wayne State University Press: 1979: Also: New York: Avon: 1979: Jacob Schochet: Mashiach: The Principle of Mashiach in the Messianic Era in Jewish Law and Tradition: New York: SIE: 1992: Gershom Scholem: The Messianic Idea in Judaism: New York: Schocken Books: 1995: 0805210431 Robert Wolfe: Origins of the Messianic Idea: New York: JREP Print Center: 2003: External links Jewish Encyclopedia: Pseudo-Messiahs Lists of Jews