There's a very interesting Talmudic passage (b Sanhedrin 98a) that illustrates differing views of what the Messiah's coming will be like:
Since this passage alludes to two proof texts used in the gospels, some see it as perhaps arising from rabbinic discussions with messianic Jews who believed in Jesus. Others think that this and other Talmudic references, (eg, referring to a Messiah ben Joseph) predate the Christian scriptures.
Quote:אמר רבי אלכסנדרי רבי יהושע בן לוי רמי כתיב (דניאל ז, יג) וארו עם ענני שמיא כבר אינש אתה וכתיב (זכריה ט, ט) עני ורוכב על חמור זכו עם ענני שמיא לא זכו עני רוכב על חמור
Rabbi Alexandri says: Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi raises a contradiction between two depictions of the coming of the Messiah. It is written: “There came with the clouds of heaven, one like unto a son of man…and there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom…his dominion is an everlasting dominion” (Daniel 7:13–14). And it is written: “Behold, your king will come to you; he is just and victorious; lowly and riding upon a donkey and upon a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). Rabbi Alexandri explains: If the Jewish people merit redemption, the Messiah will come in a miraculous manner with the clouds of heaven. If they do not merit redemption, the Messiah will come lowly and riding upon a donkey.
Since this passage alludes to two proof texts used in the gospels, some see it as perhaps arising from rabbinic discussions with messianic Jews who believed in Jesus. Others think that this and other Talmudic references, (eg, referring to a Messiah ben Joseph) predate the Christian scriptures.