Sabbatai Zevi
Died: 1676 AD, at 50 years of age.
Nationality: Israeli
Categories: Religious Icon
1626 - Born on the 22th of July. A radical dreamer and proclaimed himself as "The Messiah".
1648 - With his knowledge of the "Kabbalah" he gained himself a band of followers.
- Proclaimed himself as the true "Messianic" redeemer deisgnated by God to overthrow the governments and restore the kingdom of Israel.
1651 - He and his disciples were banished from Symrna.
1658 - In Constantinople he met a preacher Abrahan ha-yakini, who confirmed Sabbatai.
1666 - Left Symrna again for Constantinople for two uncertain reasons: He was compelled by the authorities or on the hope that a miracle would happen in the Turkish capital to fulfil the prophecy of Nathan Ghazzati that Sabbatai would place the sultan's crown on his own head.
Related Books
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Sabbatai Zevi: Testimonies To A Fallen Messiah (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) (Hardcover - May 15, 2007)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Sabbatai Zevi: The Cabalistic Messiah by Harry C. Schnur (Paperback - Dec 30, 2005) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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KIDDUSH HA-SHEM AN EPIC OF 1648 AND SABBATAI ZEVI A TRAGEDY (Paperback - Jul 24, 2008) |
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Sabbatai Zevi: A Tragedy in Three Acts and Six Scenes with a Prologue and an Epilogue by Sholom Ash (Hardcover - Jul 24, 2008) |
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Kiddush ha-Shem,: An epic of 1648, [translated by Rufus Learsi]; and Sabbatai Zevi, a tragedy. Translation from the Russian version by Florence Whyte and ... Noyes] (Jewish Publication Society series) by Sholem Asch (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1964) |
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Sabbatai Zevi by Sholom Ash (Hardcover - Jul 24, 1974) |
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