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"Messianism too seems to have Persian antecedents, in the doctrine that at the end of time a figure will arise from the sacred seed of Zoroaster, who will establish all that is good on earth. It is not without significance that the Messianic idea does not appear in the Hebrew Bible until after the return from Babylon, that is to say after the time when the Jews came under Persian influence."

The Psalms are full of messianic refernces, and were written hendreds of years before the Babylonian captivity.

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The Psalms are full of messianic references, and were written hundreds of years before the Babylonian captivity.

Messianic yet, apocalyptic no. Messianism gets tied to an end-of-days struggle with super-natural titanic Evil. That might be the Persian element that the Hebrews brought back from the Babylonian captivity, reflected in the Book of Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the New Testament, particularly Revelation.