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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... Gaza and the Roots of Sabbatean Prophecy 56 4 From Mystical Vision to Prophetic Eruption 89 5 Opponents and Observers Respond 130 Prophecy after Shabbatai's Apostasy 162 Notes 173 Index 211 1 Preface Gershom Scholem's magisterial work ...
... Gaza through Syria to his former home in Izmir , where he remained for some months before moving to the Ottoman capital of Istanbul ( Constantinople ; many contemporaries continued to call it by the older name ) . Jews everywhere waited ...
... Gaza tells us a most interesting bit of information about Shab- batai's self - image : " When he was six years old a flame appeared in a dream and caused a burn on his penis ; and dreams would frighten him but he never told anyone . And ...
... preserved himself in a state of purity . Like the Virgin Mary , his saintly mother had pre- pared the way for her son to lead the ascetic life demanded of the future messiah . As Nathan of Gaza explains , it was Prologue 5.
... Gaza and other Sabbatean theologians , but some of it may have originated with Shabbatai , who is described in a re- cent paper as the embodiment of " the divine androgyne in his being . " 17 The background of Shabbatai's personality ...
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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 |
211 | |