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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... Jewish studies . I read it as an undergraduate at the University of California , Los Angeles , while I was un- der the influence of two other great thinkers , the late Amos Funkenstein and Richard H. Popkin . My decision to pursue Jewish ...
... Jewish and general cul- ture in 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 ...
... Jewish messiah . Shabbatai Zvi had in fact declared his own messianic status in the past ; this time , because of Nathan's ... Jews everywhere waited expectantly for Shabbatai to take the reins of the empire from the sultan and begin his ...
... Jews.4 Shabbatai's father , Mordecai Zvi , was a factor for a company of English merchants and appears to have made a fair living at it . Though Shabbatai's family were probably Levantine ( Romaniote ) rather than Spanish ( Sepharadi ) Jews ...
... Jews from his adherents , if any at all , refrained from traveling to that tomb . With intense religious fer- vor they arrived at the grave site to merit such a great reward , as well as the forgiveness of their sins . From the day the Jews ...
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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 |
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