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"Do you know, my dear, the huge difference between the 'redee..." — Amoz Oz

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Do you know, my dear, the huge difference between the 'redeemer' in Gentile languages and our messiah? The messiah is simply someone who has been anointed with oil; every priest or king in the Bible is a messiah, and the Hebrew word 'messiah' is a thoroughly prosaic and everyday word, closely related to the word for face cream — unlike in the Gentile languages, where the messiah is called Redeemer and Savior?