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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... caused his excommunication from his na- tive city and several others over the previous eighteen years . But Nathan and the other theologians of the movement successfully cast these bizarre episodes in a positive light , explaining that ...
... caused , for example , by masturbation , which creates countless de- mons that wreak havoc on the transgressor and the world . The kabbalists ' universe abounds with evil female spirits , such as Lilith , the jilted first wife of Adam ...
... caused a burn on his penis ; and dreams would frighten him but he never told anyone . And the sons of whoredom [ demons ] accosted him so as to cause him to stumble and they beat him , but he would not hearken unto them . They were the ...
... cause him anguish in connection with his penis , and thus his future sexuality , but he struggled with the demons of sexual fantasy , of whom Na'amah was the queen.14 Na- than describes Shabbatai's struggle with these temptations as ...
... cause of the movement , but an exceptionally potent and broad influence characteristic of the seventeenth- century setting , which combined with other aspects of the period to facili- tate the success of Sabbateanism . The reasons for ...
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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