Sabbatai Zevi (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי, romanized: Šabbəṯay Ṣəvī; 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...

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...

Commonwealth, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. Frankists believed in Sabbatai Zevi, one of the most famous of all self-proclaimed messiahs in Jewish history...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Messianism Ahmadiyya Mirza Ghulam Qadiani Lahori Kabbalist Dönmes Sabbatai Zevi – Sabbatean Mahdavīyya Muhammad Jaunpuri / Bandagi Mian Syed Khundmir...

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

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...

age was called to Smyrna as judge in civil affairs. In 1665, when the Sabbatai Zevi movement was at its height there, he was one of the few rabbis who had...

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...

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...

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...

It also became a center for commercial and industrial activities. Sabbatai Zevi, a self-proclaimed messiah who attracted numerous followers, was from...

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

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...

Bathsheba Nathan of Gaza, a charismatic figure who spread the word of Sabbatai Zevi Starboy Nathan, a British singer who used the stage name "Nathan" from...

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...

Wiig—forced to convert at gunpoint by terrorists of the Holy Jihad Brigades. Sabbatai Zevi—convert from Judaism, 17th century mystic, pseudo-Messiah and the self-proclaimed...

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...

Joseph Çelebi, nagid of Egypt and rich friend and protector of Sabbatai Zevi. Sabbatai Zevi was twice in Cairo, the second time in 1660. It was there that...