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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
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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...

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Shabbetai Zevi : Judaic Terms
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(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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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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Sabbatai Zevi

About 19 pages (5,669 words) in 4 products