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Dissident Rabbi : The Life of Jacob Sasportas /

In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empire and Europe, announced that the redemption of the world was at hand. As Jews everywhere rejected the traditional laws of Judaism in favor of new norms established by Sabbetai Zevi, and abandoned reas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dweck, Yaacob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: Exile; TWO: Authority; THREE: Crowds; FOUR: Prophecy; FIVE: Christianity; SIX: Aftermath; SEVEN: Zealot; EIGHT: Zion; CODA; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Will of Jacob Sasportas; Bibliography; Index