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Biography

Name: Sabbatai Zevi
Variant Name: Sebi
Birth Date: 1626
Death Date: 1676
Place of Birth: Smyrna, Turkey
Place of Death: Albania
Gender: Male
Occupations: mystic, religious radical

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Biography of Sabbatai Zevi
517 words, approx. 2 pages
The Jewish mystic and pseudo-Messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676), or Sebi, was the founder of the Sabbatean sect. Sabbatai Zevi was born in Smyrna (modern Izmir), Turkey, of Spanish-Jewish parentage. At an early age he adopted the mysticism of Isaac ben...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Shabbetai Zevi : Judaic Terms
146 words, approx. 1 pages
(1626–1676) False ‘messianic’ leader. After meeting *Nathan of Gaza. Shabbetai declared himself to be the *messiah. He appointed representatives of the twelve tribes and announced his messiahship by circling the city of *Jerusalem on...
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Shabbetai Tzevi
110 words, approx. 1 pages
(born July 23, 1626, Smyrna, Ottoman Tur.—died 1676, Dulcingo, Alb.) False Jewish messiah. He studied the mystical learning of the Kabbala and at age 22 proclaimed himself the messiah. He traveled around the Levant, gaining both followers and...
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Sabbatai Zevi Information
4,896 words, approx. 16 pages
Sabbatai Zevi, (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי, Shabbetay Ẓevi) (other spellings include Sabetay in Turkish, Shabbethai, Sabbetai, Shabbsai; Zvi; Sabbetai Tzvi; he was also known by the acronym ש״ץ Shatz) (August 1, 1626 – possibly...


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The Independent - London
Obituary: Bruno Zevi
01/13/2000: 1,398 words, approx. 5 pages
BRUNO ZEVI was the doyen of Italian architectural historians and critics and the foremost European interpreter of the American "Organic" tradition in architecture. He introduced the work of Frank Lloyd Wright to Italian colleagues at the end of the Fascist era, offering his work...
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Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
The Golem, Zevi Ashkenazi, and reproductive biology.
06/22/1995: 5,177 words, approx. 17 pages
Developments in reproductive biotechnology have raised concerns regarding the ethical and halakhic consequences of the use of certain methods to engender life and the legal status of the embryo produced with such methods. The Golem, which is commonly regarded as belonging to the realm...
 


 

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