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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... contemporary conditions . I am indebted to many people for their help in preparing this study . The influence of my teachers , Michael Heyd , Yosef Kaplan , Moshe Idel , and Richard Popkin , is obvious throughout . I can only aspire to ...
... contemporary prophecy . Shabbatai Zvi was a strange man in a strange age — an age of rapid social , po- litical , and religious change , when no certainty about the world and its fu- ture seemed possible any longer . In this atmosphere ...
... contemporary story that Shabbatai re- turned to Izmir and resuscitated his long dead mother ! 12 The sacralization of his mother's grave , but not that of his father or other ancestors , indicates he had more than a normally close ...
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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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