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Sabbatai Zevi

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Description for Sabbatai Zevi Paperback. A landmark episode in seventeenth-century Jewish history is here presented, for the first time, through contemporary documents in vivid translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.

Sabbatai Zevi (1626–76) stirred up the Jewish world of the mid-seventeenth 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 and a dramatic example of what can happen when mystic dreams and messianic hopes combine in an explosive mixture.

Now, for the first time, English readers can experience these events through the words of those who lived through them, in lucid and compelling translations by a leading authority in the field.

Of the contemporary ‘testimonies’ ... Read more

These narratives by Sabbatean ‘believers’ are supplemented by two seventeenth-century letters, pungent in their style and colourful in their details, 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 the most independent-minded of his followers, conveys the enigma of the man who was to haunt the generations.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906764241
SKU
V9781906764241
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Ref
99-50

About David J. Halperin
David J. Halperin is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He trained in Semitic languages at Cornell University, in Near Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, and in rabbinics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received his Ph.D. from Berkeley in 1977. From 1976 through 2000 he taught the ... Read more

Reviews for Sabbatai Zevi
‘The translation is throughout felicitous, and the author’s style engaging, with frequent touches of irony.’ - Norman Solomon, Jewish Journal of Sociology ‘Halperin’s detailed introduction and his numerous philological, theological, and historical annotations permit the reader to gain a thorough understanding of each text. In addition, he offers a short general introduction in which he contests Scholem’s conviction that ... Read more

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