Sabbatai Zevi (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי, romanized: Šabbĕṯai Ṣĕḇî; Turkish: Sabetay Sevi; August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676) was an Ottoman Jewish...

Sabbatians) were a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed...

called Marranos. In 1648 Sabbatai Zevi claimed to be the Jewish Messiah. His Jewish followers were known as Sabbateans. Zevi converted to Islam in 1666...

Commonwealth, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. Frankists believe in Sabbatai Zevi, undeniably the second most famous of all self-proclaimed messiahs in...

who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) and also of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The Jewish authorities...

where he became famous as a prophet for the Jewish messiah claimant Sabbatai Zevi. Nathan of Gaza was born in Jerusalem around 1643-1644; he died on Friday...

mainly in Thessaloniki. It originated during and soon after the era of Sabbatai Zevi, a 17th-century Sephardic Jewish Rabbi and Kabbalist who claimed to...

Querido – 17th-century successor of the self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah Sabbatai Zevi. Ibn Sahl of Seville – 13th-century Andalusian poet. Harun ibn Musa...

young and brilliant Rabbi who had been expelled from nearby Smyrna: Sabbatai Zevi. Banned from this city in 1651 after proclaiming himself the messiah...

editor Fausto Zevi, Italian archaeologist Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), Ottoman rabbi Tullia Zevi (1919–2011), Italian journalist and writer Zevi Eckhaus, American...

Baba), successor of Sabbatai Zevi. Mordecai Mokia (1650–1729), ("the Rebuker") of Eisenstadt, another follower of Sabbatai Zevi who remained faithful...

perhaps best known for his vocal opposition to the messianic claims of Sabbatai Zevi. Sasportas was born in Oran, Algeria, then under Spanish rule, to a...

by Mehmed Pasha Bushati. In 1673, the self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah Sabbatai Zevi was exiled here from Istanbul. Ulcinj remained an Ottoman town for more...

century. He was one of the most influential pupils and followers of Sabbatai Zevi. He was held in high esteem on account of his religious and kabbalistic...

Jewish Messiah Sabbatai Zevi. Born in Thessaloniki, he was the son of Joseph the Philosopher and brother of Jochebed, Shabbatai Zevi's last wife. Jochebed...

Sabbatai Sevi, the mystical messiah, which focuses on the 17th-century movement centered on the self-proclaimed messiahship (1648) of Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676)...

Hamburg and was initially a signator to a letter of approbation for Sabbatai Zevi. He was the author of the Minchat Kohen, published in 1668. bibliopolis...

resolute opponent of the followers of the self-proclaimed messiah, Sabbatai Zevi. He had a chequered career owing to his independence of character. He...

of 1648, which was influenced by the teachings of the false messiah Sabbatai Zevi in desperate hopes for messiah and redemption. The Jewry is split into...

Pressburg) was a Jewish Sabbatean prophet and Messiah claimant. The death of Sabbatai Zevi (1676) seems to have encouraged his followers, who claimed that he had...

cultist movement which regarded Frank as the Messiah, modelled after Sabbatai Zevi.) After the mass conversion of the Frankists, the Baal Shem Tov allegedly...

to anyone perceived as "a great enemy of the Jewish nation" such as Sabbatai Zevi, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Spain, [better source needed] Joseph Stalin, Russians...

thoughtful light’s creation. Sabbateans believed that the Messiah, Sabbatai Zevi, was a trapped or demonic soul whose escape from the Abyss would result...

separate congregations. Another tremendous upheaval was caused when Sabbatai Zevi claimed to be the Messiah. He was eventually caught by the Ottoman authorities...

and it was at this time that a controversial scholar by the name of Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) captured the hearts and minds of the Jewish masses of that...

only): Sabbatai Zevi Messianic claimant. Founder of Sabbatean break with Judaism. Ottoman Empire 1626–1676 Nathan of Gaza Prophet of Sabbatai Zevi. Israel...

Roman Emperor Charles V, for refusing to convert back to Christianity. Sabbatai Zevi (alternative spellings: Shabbetai, Sabbetai, Shabbesai; Zvi, Tzvi) (b...

population of Hamburg to Altona, the scandal of the "Messianic pretender" Sabbatai Zevi, the Franco-Dutch War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. Glückel's...

intelligence, made him the most suitable representative of Sabbatai Zevi. Yachini persuaded Sabbatai Zevi, who at that time was convinced that he was the Messiah...

He saw this as the cause of the contemporary mystical heresies of Sabbatai Zevi and Jacob Frank. Cited in The Great Maggid by Jacob Immanuel Schochet...