Sabbateans
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title:
Sabbateans
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The Sabbateans were a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza. Vast numbers of Jews in the Jewish diaspora accepted his claims, even after he outwardly became an apostate due to his forced conversion to Islam in the same year. Sabbatai Zevi's followers, both during his proclaimed messiahship and after his forced conversion to Islam, are known as
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Followers of Sabbatai Zevi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbateans
date created:
2003-01-05T21:20:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T11:23:38Z
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