Sabbatai Sevi - The Mystical Messiah, 16261676

Zusatztext "This monumental work is an in-depth study of the charming and now widely known – thanks to Scholem ? history of the messianic movement of Sabbatai ?evi." ---George Koutzakiotis, Historical Review Informationen zum Autor Gershom ScholemWith a new introduction by Yaacob DweckTranslated by R. J. Zwi Werblowsky Klappentext Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai ?evi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai ?evi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when ?evi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, Sabbatai ?evi details ?evi's rise to prominence and stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and passion. This edition contains a new introduction by Yaacob Dweck that explains the scholarly importance of Scholem's work to a new generation of readers. Zusammenfassung Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai ?evi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai ?evi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who ar

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• Authors: Yaacob Dweck, Gershom Gerhard Scholem, R. J. Zwi Werblowsky
• Assisted by: Yaacob Dweck (Introduction), Dweck Yaacob (Introduction), R. J. Zwi Werblowsky (Translation), Werblowsky R. J. Zwi (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2016
• EAN: 9780691172095
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17209-5
• No. of pages: 1072
• Series: Princeton Classics; Bollingen Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, mysticism, Turkey, Jewish Studies, Judaism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Judaism: mysticism