The Sabbateans (or Sabbatians) are a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), [1] [2] [3] an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza.

2023年2月15日 · Shabbateanism (Shabta’ut) was a Jewish messianic movement whose widespread influence and profound impact in the 17 th and 18 th centuries remain difficult to comprehend even today. What made so...

Sabbatai Zevi (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי, romanized: Šabbəṯay Ṣəwi, [a] August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676) [1] was an Ottoman Jewish mystic and ordained rabbi from Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey). [2][3] His family origins may have been Ashkenazi or Sephardic. His two names, Shabbethay and Ṣebi, mean Saturn and mountain gazelle, respectively.

The Dönmeh (Hebrew: דוֹנְמֶה, romanized: Dōnme, Ottoman Turkish: دونمه, Turkish: Dönme) were a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who were forced to convert to Islam, but retained their Jewish faith and Kabbalistic beliefs in secret. [1][2][3][4]

Uniquely in the history of rabbinic Judaism, Sabbateanism displayed a particular interest in women and was especially attractive to them. Due to Z evi’s female-liberationist, egalitarian vision, many women became saintly visionary mystics and celebrated spiritual masters.

The Sabbateans (or Sabbatians) were a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), a Sephardic Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza.

2025年4月4日 · Sabbateanism is a fascinating chapter in Jewish history that revolves around the life and teachings of Sabbatai Zevi, a 17th-century rabbi who claimed to be the Jewish Messiah. His movement, known as Sabbateanism, attracted a massive following across Europe and the Ottoman Empire.

September 17, 2021 marks, according to many sources, 345 years since the death of Shabtai Zvi, a Sephardi rabbi from the Ottoman Empire who claimed to be the Messiah and founded the Sabbatean...

Descendants of Sabbateans exist worldwide, yet centuries marked by secrecy, discrimination, and fear of stigma have often led us to conceal or blend into the societies around us.

[1] [2] [3] Sabbatai Zevi's followers, both during his proclaimed messiahship and after his forced conversion to Islam, are known as Sabbateans. [1] [3] Part of the Sabbateans lived on until well into 21st-century Turkey as descendants of the Dönmeh. [1] .