Messianic Movements

The Catastrophe of Sabbetai Zvi
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The Catastrophe of Sabbetai Zvi

Sabbetai Zvi was a manic-depressive who had a huge effect on world Jewry in the Ottoman Empire and on the study of Kabbalah. See also: Shabbatai Zvi and Sabbateanism

Shlomo Molkho and David Reuveni
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Shlomo Molkho and David Reuveni

  Overview Overview- Shlomo Molkho and David Reuveni Primary sources Jacob Marcus, The Jew in the Medieval World- A Sourcebook, 315-1791, New York- JPS, 1938. David Reubeni (1522-1525).” In Jewish Travellers, edited by Elkan Nathan Adler. London- G. Routledge & Sons, 1930, 251-328. “Takkanot of Italy” [Jewish Communal Ordinances of Italy]. In Jewish Self-Government in […]

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Portrait of Sabbatai Zvi, from Thomas Coenen, Ydele Verwachtinge der Joden…Sabethai Zevi (Amsterdam, 1669), RB 439.3.
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Portrait of Sabbatai Zvi, from Thomas Coenen, Ydele Verwachtinge der Joden…Sabethai Zevi (Amsterdam, 1669), RB 439.3.

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Tikkun (Amsterdam, 1666), Printed by Isaac ben David de Castro Tartas.
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Tikkun (Amsterdam, 1666), Printed by Isaac ben David de Castro Tartas.

Frontispiece shows Sabbatai Zvi crowned king, as well as S.Z. sitting at table with twelve elders.   For higher resolution click here.

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Portrait of Sabbatai Zvi, PNT G1981.
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Portrait of Sabbatai Zvi, PNT G1981.

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Portrait of Sabbatai Zvi, from John Evelyn, Historia de Tribus Hujus Seculi Fanosis Impostoribus (1669), RB 436.8.
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Portrait of Sabbatai Zvi, from John Evelyn, Historia de Tribus Hujus Seculi Fanosis Impostoribus (1669), RB 436.8.

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Shaagat Aryeh, Yaakov Emden, Amsterdam, 1755, BM744.3.E43 1755, Title page.
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Shaagat Aryeh, Yaakov Emden, Amsterdam, 1755, BM744.3.E43 1755, Title page.

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Overview: Shlomo Molkho and David Reuveni
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Overview: Shlomo Molkho and David Reuveni

After the Expulsion from Spain and the forced conversions in Portugal, many Jews and New Christians, seeking an explanation for the twin disasters, saw in them signs of the approaching messianic era – that is, the necessary “birth pangs.” They could point to a series of events that appeared to be further signs- the conquest […]