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Sabbatian Heresy: Writings on Mysticism, Messianism, and the Origins of Jewish Modernity
Pawel Maciejko (Ed.)
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Paperback. Key writings on Sabbatianism and its legacy and afterlife in Jewish culture, memory, and religion. Editor(s): Maciejko, Pawel. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
The pronouncements of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626-76) gave rise to Sabbatianism, a key messianic movement in Judaism that spread across Jewish communities in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The movement, which featured a set of theological doctrines in which Jewish Kabbalistic tradition merged with Muslim and later Christian elements, suffered a setback with Tsevi's conversion to Islam in 1666. Nonetheless, for another hundred and fifty years, Sabbatianism continued to exist as a heretical underground movement. It provoked intense opposition from rabbinic authorities for another century and had a significant impact on central developments of later Judaism, such as the Haskalah, the ... Read more
The pronouncements of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626-76) gave rise to Sabbatianism, a key messianic movement in Judaism that spread across Jewish communities in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The movement, which featured a set of theological doctrines in which Jewish Kabbalistic tradition merged with Muslim and later Christian elements, suffered a setback with Tsevi's conversion to Islam in 1666. Nonetheless, for another hundred and fifty years, Sabbatianism continued to exist as a heretical underground movement. It provoked intense opposition from rabbinic authorities for another century and had a significant impact on central developments of later Judaism, such as the Haskalah, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9781512600520
SKU
V9781512600520
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About Pawel Maciejko (Ed.)
Pawel Maciejko is a senior lecturer in Jewish thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first book, The Mixed Multitude: Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement, 1755-1816, was awarded the Salo Baron Prize by the American Academy of Jewish Research and the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award by the Association for Jewish Studies. He also published a critical edition of ... Read more
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