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Title Sabbatai Zevi : testimonies to a fallen Messiah / translated, with notes and introductions, by David J. Halperin
Published Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 235 pages)
Series Littman library of Jewish civilization
Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Contents Memorial to the children of Israel / Baruch of Arezzo -- The letters of Joseph Halevi -- The Najara chronicle -- The biography of Abraham Cuenque -- From the reminiscences of Abraham Cardozo
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and indexes
Notes Texts translated from the Hebrew, with notes in English
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Subject Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676
SUBJECT Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676. fast (OCoLC)fst00032083
Sabbatai Zwi -- Alte Texte. idszbz
Šabbetay Ṣevî. swd
Subject Rabbis -- Turkey -- Biography
Sabbathaians.
Rabbis.
Sabbathaians.
Sabbatianismus -- Alte Texte.
Turkey.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781789624847
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