Messiah is a title given to a saviour or liberator of a group of people in Abrahamic religions. Messiah also may refer to: * ''Messiah'' (Handel), a 1741 oratorio by George Frideric Handel * Christ (title), Greek translation of Messiah

Film

* ''The Messiah'' (1975 film), an Italian film * ''Messiah'' (1999 film), a French film performance of Handel's oratorio * ''The Messiah'' (2007 film) or ''Mesih'', a 2007 film by Nader Talebzadeh * ''Messiah'' (2011 film), a 2011 film

Television

* ''Messiah'' (British TV series), a BBC television drama series * ''Messiah'' (American TV series), a Netflix TV drama * ''Messiah'' (Derren Brown special), a Channel 4 television show

Literature

* ''The Messiah'' (novel), a novel by Marjorie Holmes * ''Der Messias'' (Klopstock), an epic poem (ed. 1748 to 1773) by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock * ''Messiah'' (English poem), a 1709 poem by Alexander Pope * ''Messiah'' (Latin poem), a poem by Alexander Pope * ''Messiah'' (Starling novel), a 1999 thriller by Boris Starling * ''Messiah'' (Vidal novel), a 1954 satirical novel by Gore Vidal * ''The Messiah'', a novel by

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* ''The Messiah'', a play by the

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Music

* ''

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'', a 1716 Stradivari violin

Artists

* Messiah (Swiss band), a death/thrash metal band from Switzerland *

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, a techno group from London * Mr. Messiah or Yuri Kostrov, Russian electronic musician and DJ * Mesiah or Eirik Norheim (born 1967), Norwegian musician, former member of Mayhem

Albums

* ''Messiah'' (Fear Factory album) * ''Messiah'' (Mormon Tabernacle Choir album) * ''Messiah'' (EP), a Godflesh EP

Songs

* "Messiah", a 1994 song by The Farm * "Messiah", a 2013 song by

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* "Messiah", a 2015 song by Madonna from ''

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Religious figures

* Jesus, the Messiah in Christianity * Moshiach, the

Messiah in Judaism The Messiah in Judaism () is a savior and liberator figure in Jewish eschatology, who is believed to be the future redeemer of the Jewish people. The concept of messianism originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible a messiah is a king or H ...

* Messiah ben Joseph, or Mashiach ben Yoseph, also known as Mashiach bar/ben Ephraim, a Jewish messiah from the tribe of Ephraim and a descendant of Joseph

Sports

* The Messiah (wrestler) (born 1977), American professional wrestler * Lionel Messi or Messiah, Argentinian football player

Other uses

* ''Messiah'' (software), a computer animation and rendering package * ''Messiah'' (video game), a 2000 third person shooter video game by Interplay *

Messiah Cathedral Messiah Cathedral ( id, Katedral Mesias) is an Indonesian megachurch of the predominantly Indonesian-Chinese Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church ( id, Gereja Reformed Injili Indonesia (GRII)) in Kemayoran, Jakarta. It was opened on 20 Septem ...

, an Indonesian megachurch of the predominantly Indonesian-Chinese Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church * Messiah College, a Christian liberal arts college in Grantham, Pennsylvania * Messiah complex, a state of mind in which an individual holds a belief that they are destined to become a savior

People with the surname

Aaron Messiah Aaron Messiah (1858–1940) was an early 20th-century French architect. Messiah was court architect to Leopold II of Belgium, but his most famous work was the Villa Ephrussi, completed in 1912. At this southern French villa, Messiah succe ...

(1858-1940), French architect * Albert Messiah (1921–2013), French physicist and author of a classic graduate text on quantum mechanics

People with the given name

* Messiah Marcolin (born 1967), real name Bror Jan Alfredo Marcolin, also known as Eddie Marcolin, a vocalist in the doom metal band Candlemass