Sabbatai Zevi

Author : David Joel Halperin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015068827230

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Sabbatai Zevi by David Joel Halperin Pdf

Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676) stirred up the Jewish world of the mid-17th century by claiming to be the messiah, then stunned it by suddenly converting to Islam. His story, and that of the movement he created, is a landmark event in early modern Jewish history. Halperin brings us three testimonies by Sabbatai Zevi's followers of the life and deeds of their messiah. These are the Najara Chronicle, an eyewitness narrative; Baruch of Arezzo's Memorial to the children of Israel, a biography of Sabbatai; and the hagiography composed in 1692 by Abraham Cuenque of Hebron. These narratives are supplemented by two 17th-century letters in which Sabbatai and his followers are described by a contemporary rabbi who detested them and everything they stood for. Finally, a reminiscence of Sabbatai's last days, preserved by one of his followers, conveys the enigma of the man that was to haunt the generations.--Book jacket.

Author : David J. Halperin
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789624847

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Sabbatai Zevi by David J. Halperin Pdf

Sabbatai Zevi stirred up the Jewish world in the mid-seventeenth century by claiming to be the messiah, then stunned it by suddenly converting to Islam. The story is presented here for the first time through contemporary documents, written by Sabbatai’s followers and by one of his detractors, in translations that brilliantly capture the vividness of this landmark episode in early modern Jewish history.

Author : Ada Rapoport-Albert
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800345447

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Women and the Messianic Heresy of Sabbatai Zevi, 1666 - 1816 by Ada Rapoport-Albert Pdf

A timely and fascinating study of an early modern movement that transcended traditional Jewish gender paradigms and allowed women to express their spirituality freely in the public arena.

Author : Gershom Scholem
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1058 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : 069101809X

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Sabbatai Sevi by Gershom Scholem Pdf

"Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai Ṣevi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai Ṣevi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when Ṣevi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, Sabbatai Ṣevi details Ṣevi's rise to prominence and stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and passion. This edition contains a new introduction by Yaacob Dweck that explains the scholarly importance of Scholem's work to a new generation of readers."--

Author : Sholem Asch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011721979

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Sabbatai Zevi by Sholem Asch Pdf

Author : Gershom Scholem
Publisher : Bollingen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0691172099

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Sabbatai Ṣevi by Gershom Scholem Pdf

I Conditions and factors making for the success and spread of the movement. General description of the penitential awakening

Author : Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1795784504

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Conversos and the Sabbatean Movement by Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez Pdf

In 1665-1666 the messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi (also written as Shabbetai Zevi, Shabbetai Tzvi, Shabtai Sevi, etc.) spread like wildfire throughout the Jewish communities of the Mediterranean and northern and western Europe. Some communities were so caught up in the frenzy that they changed their liturgy to reflect what they believed to be in the impending declaration of the messianic age. In September of 1666, Zevi was granted an audience with the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, but things did not turn out as Zevi had envisioned. He was given a choice between conversion to Islam or death. Zevi chose the former. Sabbatai Zevi now proclaimed himself as the hidden messiah of Israel. Some of his most devoted followers converted as well, but his conversion ended the legitimacy of his messianic claims for most of his followers.As momentous as the Sabbatean movement was, what most people are unfamiliar with is the fact that many of Zevi's most active supporters were from Spanish and Portuguese Jewish backgrounds. More specifically, they were from Converso backgrounds. Conversos were the descendants of Iberian Jews who had converted to Christianity in the late 14th and through the end of the 15th centuries in the Iberian Peninsula. The Conversos who supported Zevi were often first-generation returnees to Judaism. That is, they had lived in the Iberian Peninsula as Christians and returned to Judaism within their lifetime. This book examines what attracted former Conversos to the movement and the extent of their involvement.

Author : Mark Greengrass,Michael Leslie,Timothy Raylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521520118

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Samuel Hartlib and Universal Reformation by Mark Greengrass,Michael Leslie,Timothy Raylor Pdf

A collaborative study of the theoretical and practical interests of Samuel Hartlib and his circle.

Author : Gershom Gerhard Scholem
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400883158

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Sabbatai Ṣevi by Gershom Gerhard Scholem Pdf

Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai Ṣevi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai Ṣevi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when Ṣevi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, Sabbatai Ṣevi details Ṣevi's rise to prominence and stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and passion. This edition contains a new introduction by Yaacob Dweck that explains the scholarly importance of Scholem's work to a new generation of readers.

Author : Matt GOLDISH,Matt Goldish
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674037755

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The Sabbatean Prophets by Matt GOLDISH,Matt Goldish Pdf

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. Matt Goldish shifts the focus of Sabbatean studies from the theology of Lurianic Kabbalah to the widespread seventeenth-century belief in latter-day prophecy. The intense expectations of the messiah in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam form the necessary backdrop for understanding the success of Sabbateanism. The seventeenth century was a time of deep intellectual and political ferment as Europe moved into the modern era. The strains of the Jewish mysticism, Christian millenarianism, scientific innovation, and political transformation all contributed to the development of the Sabbatean movement. By placing Sabbateanism in this broad cultural context, Goldish integrates this Jewish messianic movement into the early modern world, making its story accessible to scholars and students alike. Table of Contents: Preface Prologue 1. Messianic Prophecy in the Early Modern Context 2. Nathan of Gaza and the Roots of Sabbatean Prophecy 3. From Mystical Vision to Prophetic Explosion 4. Opponents and Observers Respond 5. Prophecy after Shabbatais Apostasy Notes Index Reviews of this book: Goldish looks at the Jewish messianic surge of the 17th century, which culminated with the Sabbatean movement, and places it in a broader multidimensional context...He has produced a well-written, scholarly addition and modification to the literature. --Paul Kaplan, Library Journal

Author : Hayim Greenberg
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780817319359

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The Essential Hayim Greenberg by Hayim Greenberg Pdf

The Essential Hayim Greenberg is a landmark collection of essays by Hayim Greenberg, a founder of the Labor Zionist movement in America and a foremost writer, thinker, and activist in the fields of twentieth-century Jewish culture and politics.

Author : Harry C. Schnur
Publisher : Books for Libraries
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015046330398

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Mystic Rebels; Apollonius Tyaneus, Jan Van Leyden, Sabbatai Zevi, Cagliostro by Harry C. Schnur Pdf

Author : Martin Goodman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691197104

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A History of Judaism by Martin Goodman Pdf

"Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and it has preserved its distinctive identity despite the extraordinarily diverse forms and beliefs it has embodied over the course of more than three millennia. A History of Judaism provides the first truly comprehensive look in one volume at how this great religion came to be, how it has evolved from one age to the next, and how its various strains, sects, and traditions have related to each other. In this magisterial and elegantly written book, Martin Goodman takes readers from Judaism's origins in the polytheistic world of the second and first millennia BCE to the temple cult at the time of Jesus. He tells the stories of the rabbis, mystics, and messiahs of the medieval and early modern periods and guides us through the many varieties of Judaism today. Goodman's compelling narrative spans the globe, from the Middle East, Europe, and America to North Africa, China, and India. He explains the institutions and ideas on which all forms of Judaism are based, and masterfully weaves together the different threads of doctrinal and philosophical debate that run throughout its history."--

Author : S. Daniel Breslauer
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791436012

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The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth by S. Daniel Breslauer Pdf

A collection of essays focusing on myth in Judaism from biblical to modern times, this book offers a sense of the great diversity of the Jewish religion.

Author : John Freely
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000086249509

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The Lost Messiah by John Freely Pdf

The Lost Messiah is the astonishing story of Sabbatai Sevi, a 17th-century rabbi who through the mysticism of the kabbalah convinced vast numbers of Jews throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa that he was the long-awaited Messiah. Many of his followers were disappointed when he embraced Islam on threat of execution from the Turkish sultan, but many others continued to believe in him. Some of them even converted to Islam, creating the sect known as the Donme - outwardly Muslim, yet clinging secretly to Judaism. Today, a few Sabbatians still secretly hold true to their beliefs, patiently waiting for their Messiah to return and lead them to redemption; they believe that Sabbatai is not dead but merely hidden from human view, despite more than three centuries having passed since he left them.