Sabbatian Heresy: Writings on Mysticism, Messianism, and the Origins of Jewish Modernity

by Pawel Maciejko

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512600520
• ISBN13: 9781512600520
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"