What are the characteristics of a messiah?

In every generation, there is said to be one person who has the potential to be a Messiah, and if the time is right for the Messianic Age to come, then that person will be the Messiah. read more

Similarly, the Messiah will be mortal. He will eventually die and bequeath his kingdom to his son or his successor. Tradition states that he will be a direct descendant of King David, son of Jesse, as it its written, "A shoot will come forth from the stock of Jesse, and a branch will grow from his roots" (Isaiah 11: 1). read more

I have a really good understanding what messiah is to Christians but I noted that I have very little, if any, concept of Jewish messiah. I would appreciate any detailed explanations or links to a SCHOLARLY page with the history and concept of Jewish messiah. read more