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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... appears to hint at this turn in his future , but perhaps some clues point that way.2 Shabbatai was born to an upper - middle - class family in Izmir , Turkey . Two centuries after Constantinople had fallen to the Ottomans , Izmir , a ...
... appears to have afflicted Shabbatai only occasionally in his younger days , but with increasing severity as he grew older . In the normal states between mood swings Shabbatai exhibited exemplary pietistic behav- ior and showed great ...
... appears to have seen his mother as a holy figure , an image suggesting a Freudian interpretation . Nathan of Gaza tells us a most interesting bit of information about Shab- batai's self - image : " When he was six years old a flame ...
... appears that the vast majority of believers in Shabbatai adopted the faith without even being exposed to Sabbatean theology — the writings of Nathan took much longer to circulate than the first spectacular news of Nathan's prophecy.21 ...
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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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