The Sabbatean ProphetsHarvard University Press, 2004 M04 15 - 221 páginas In the mid-seventeenth century, Shabbatai Zvi, a rabbi from Izmir, claimed to be the Jewish messiah, and convinced a great many Jews to believe him. The movement surrounding this messianic pretender was enormous, and Shabbatai's mission seemed to be affirmed by the numerous supporting prophecies of believers. The story of Shabbatai and his prophets has mainly been explored by specialists in Jewish mysticism. Only a few scholars have placed this large-scale movement in its social and historical context. |
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... European prophetic phenomena and the reactions of estab- lished authority to them . The paper was never published , but it served as the basis for the current study . Looking over the vast literature connected with Sabbateanism now , it ...
... European thought . Harris Lenowitz has placed the movement in the literary tradition of Jewish messianic pretenders since ancient times . There have also been so- ciological and anthropological approaches to the movement , such as those ...
... Europe and the Ottoman Empire can help us understand a great deal more about the place of Jewish ideas in the seventeenth - century world and their interrelationship with contemporary conditions . I am indebted to many people for their ...
... Europe came to buy and sell goods of every description.3 Aside from the large Muslim majority , residents included Greeks , various Europeans , and Jews.4 Shabbatai's father , Mordecai Zvi , was a factor for a company of English ...
... European Christians in Izmir or from the conversos in the Jewish community . While his brothers ( he was the middle of three ) inclined toward business , Shabbatai's passion was for Torah study , ascetic living , and mysticism . This in ...
Contenido
Messianic Prophecy in the Early Modern Context | 8 |
Messianism and Prophecy in the Jewish Tradition | 41 |
Nathan of Gaza and the Roots of Sabbatean Prophecy | 56 |
From Mystical Vision to Prophetic Eruption | 89 |
Opponents and Observers Respond | 130 |
Prophecy after Shabbatais Apostasy | 162 |
Notes | 173 |
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